1 I shall stand at my post, I shall station myself on my watch-tower, watching to see what he will say to me, what answer he will make to my complaints.
2 Then Yahweh answered me and said, 'Write the vision down, inscribe it on tablets to be easily read.
3 For the vision is for its appointed time, it hastens towards its end and it will not lie; although it may take some time, wait for it, for come it certainly will before too long.
4 'You see, anyone whose heart is not upright will succumb, but the upright will live through faithfulness.'
5 Now, surely, wealth is treacherous! He is arrogant, for ever on the move, with appetite as large as Sheol and as insatiable as Death, gathering in all the nations, and making a harvest of all peoples.
6 Are not the peoples all bound to satirise and make up cryptic riddles about him? As for instance: Disaster to anyone who amasses goods not his (for how long?) and to anyone who weighs himself down with goods taken in pledge!
7 Will not your creditors suddenly stand up, will not those who make you shiver wake up, and you will fall a prey to them?
8 Since you have plundered many nations, all the nations that remain will plunder you, because of the bloodshed and violence done to the country, to the city and to all who live in it.
9 Disaster to anyone who amasses ill-gotten gains for his house, so as to fix his nest on high and so evade the reach of misfortune!
10 You have conspired to bring shame on your house: by overthrowing many peoples you have worked your own ruin.
11 For the very stone will protest from the wall, and the beam will respond from the framework.
12 Disaster to anyone who builds a town with bloodshed and founds a city on wrong-doing!
13 Is it not thanks to Yahweh Sabaoth that the peoples' toil is fuel for the fire, and the nations' labour came to nothing?
14 But the earth will be full of the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh as the waters cover the depths of the sea.
15 Disaster to anyone who makes his neighbours drink, pouring out his poison until they are drunk, so that he can see them naked!
16 You are full of shame, not glory! Your turn now to drink and show your foreskin. The cup in Yahweh's right hand comes round to you, and disgrace will overshadow your glory.
17 For the violence done to the Lebanon will overwhelm you and the massacre of animals will terrify you, because of the bloodshed and violence done to the country, to the city and to all who live in it. Disaster to anyone who says to the log, 'Wake up!', to the dumb stone, 'On your feet!' (This is the prophecy!) Look, he is encased in gold and silver,-- but not a breath of life inside it!
18 What use is a sculpted image that a sculptor should make it? - a metal image, a lying instructor! And why does the image-maker put his trust in it, that he should make dumb idols?
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20 But Yahweh is in his holy Temple: let the whole earth be silent before him.
Versículos relacionados com Habakkuk, 2:
Habakkuk Chapter 2 begins with the prophet crying out to God in relation to the injustice and evil he sees around him. God responds and says he will punish the oppressors and that justice will prevail. Then Habakkuk receives the instruction of writing a vision that will be fulfilled at the right time. The chapter continues to describe the arrogance and greed of those being judged by God. Below are five verses related to the topics dealt with in Habakkuk 2:
Proverbs 16:18: "Pride precedes ruin; the haughty spirit, the fall." This verse talks about the fall of those who become arrogant and think they are superior to others. This is related to the theme of Habakkuk 2 because the people being judged by God are described as proud and arrogant.
Ezekiel 18:12: "Oppresses the poor and needy requires interest payment. It does not lend with equity, nor accept interest. He will certainly not survive! He has practiced all these abominations; surely it will die, and his blood will fall upon him." This verse talks about the injustice of demanding exorbitant interest from the poor and needy. This relates to the theme of Habakkuk 2 because the people being judged by God are described as covetous and exploitative.
Hosea 12:7: "The merchant has false scales in his hands; he loves to oppress." This verse talks about the injustice of cheating business to gain advantage. This relates to the theme of Habakkuk 2 because the people being judged by God are described as deceiving and cheating.
Isaiah 5:8: "Woe to those who add home the house and gather field to the field, until not about more place and are the only ones to live in the country!" This verse talks about greed and covetousness of accumulating wealth and property. This is related to the theme of Habakkuk 2 because the people being judged by God are described as advanced and selfish.
Jeremiah 22:17: "But thy eyes and your heart seem to see your profit, and the innocent destroyed and killed with cruelty." This verse talks about greed and lack of consideration for others. This relates to the theme of Habakkuk 2 because the people being judged by God are described as cruel and inhuman.
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