Habakkuk 2:2
Verse 2 of 20. The 2nd of 3 chapters in Habakkuk, in The Minor Prophets.
1I 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.
2And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
3For 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 come, it will not tarry.
4Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
5Yea 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:
6Shall 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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Habakkuk 2:2 in the World English Bible
The LORD answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.Read Habakkuk 2:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:2
The prophet must write the vision, v. 2. Thus, when St. John had a vision of the New Jerusalem, he was ordered to write, Rev. xxi. 5. He must write it, that he might imprint it on his own mind, and make it more clear to himself, but especially that it might be notified to those in distant places and transmitted to those in future ages.
Read Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:1–4: Waiting upon God; The People Directed. (b. c. 600.)
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