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Habakkuk Waits for the Lord’s Answer

I will stand at my guard post.
    I will station myself on the wall.
    I will watch to see what he will say to me
    and what answer I will get to my complaint.

The Lord’s Answer

Then Yahweh answered me,
    “Write the vision.
        Make it clear on tablets
            so that anyone can read it quickly.

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I will stand at my watch(A)
    and station myself on the ramparts;(B)
I will look to see what he will say(C) to me,
    and what answer I am to give to this complaint.[a](D)

The Lord’s Answer

Then the Lord replied:

“Write(E) down the revelation
    and make it plain on tablets
    so that a herald[b] may run with it.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:1 Or and what to answer when I am rebuked
  2. Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it