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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 2
The Lord admonishes patience, and propmises that the just shall live by
faith—The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of God—Idols
have no power.
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1 I WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
2 And the LORD answered me, and said,
aWrite the vision, and make it plain upon
tablesa,
that he may run that readeth it.
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2a Write the vision, and make it
plain upon tables What and where is the vision which Habakkuk was
given to write? Is it chapter 1? That seems to be more of the word of the
Lord unto Habakkuk regarding what he will do contemporarily by the hand of
the Babylonians. It is more of a spoken word rendition than a 'visionary'
picture. The rest of chapter 2 also seems to be more spoken word than a
visionary picture. That leaves chapter 3, for there are only three chapters
in the book of Habakkuk. But that chapter seems on the surface to be but a
song, a psalm. But perhaps that was what was meant by 'making it plain upon
tables'. Perhaps the 'tables' were those of music, that it might be so sung
from generation to generation and so made plain. Certainly there does seem
to be a vision of the Second Coming of the Lord within chapter 3 from the
beginning of the 'song of testimony' in verse three to its conclusion in
verse 13 (see chapter 3).
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4a
Moses 3:4-5;
Abr. 5:4-5
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Jesus Christ—Jehovah
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Nature, Earth
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Spirit Creation
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Creation
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Man, Physical Creation of
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Moses 3:5
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3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time,
but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it;
because it will surely acome, it will not tarry.
4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not
upright in him: but the just shall live by his afaith.
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4a
Moses 3:4-5;
Abr. 5:4-5
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Jesus Christ—Jehovah
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Nature, Earth
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Spirit Creation
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Creation
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Man, Physical Creation of
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Moses 3:5
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5 ¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
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4a
Moses 3:4-5;
Abr. 5:4-5
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Jesus Christ—Jehovah
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Nature, Earth
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Spirit Creation
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Creation
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Man, Physical Creation of
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Moses 3:5
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7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite
thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for
abooties unto them?
8 Because thou hast aspoiled many
nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's
blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that
dwell therein.
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4a
Moses 3:4-5;
Abr. 5:4-5
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Jesus Christ—Jehovah
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Nature, Earth
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Spirit Creation
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Creation
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Man, Physical Creation of
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Moses 3:5
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9 ¶ Woe to him that acoveteth an
evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may
be delivered from the power of evil!
10 Thou hast aconsulted shame to
thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy
soul.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and
athe beam out of the timber shall answer it.
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12 ¶ Woe to him that buildeth a town with
ablood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that
the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary
themselves for very avanity?
14 For the aearth shall be filled
with the bknowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters
cover the sea.
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15 ¶ Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour
drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him
adrunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
16 Thou art filled awith shame for
glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the
LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall
be on thy glory.
17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
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18 ¶ What profiteth the graven
aimage that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten
image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to
make dumb idols?
19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all
the earth keep asilence before him.
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