The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Habakkuk 1:15 (NIV)

15 The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks,
he catches them in his net,
he gathers them up in his drag-net;
and so he rejoices and is glad.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 1:16 (NIV)

16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and burns incense to his drag-net,
for by his net he lives in luxury
and enjoys the choicest food.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 1:17 (NIV)

17 Is he to keep on emptying his net,
destroying nations without mercy?

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:1 (CSB)

I will stand at my guard post
and station myself on the lookout tower.
I will watch to see what he will say to me
and what I should reply about my complaint.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:2 (CSB)

The Lord answered me:

Write down this vision;
clearly inscribe it on tablets
so one may easily read it

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:3 (CSB)

3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
it testifies about the end and will not lie.
Though it delays, wait for it,
since it will certainly come and not be late.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:4 (CSB)

4 Look, his ego is inflated;
he is without integrity.
But the righteous one will live by his faith.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:5 (CSB)

5 Moreover, wine betrays;
an arrogant man is never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself;
he collects all the peoples for himself.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:6 (CSB)

6 Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say,
“Woe to him who amasses what is not his—
how much longer?—
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.”

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:7 (CSB)

7 Won’t your creditors suddenly arise,
and those who disturb you wake up?
Then you will become spoil for them.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:8 (CSB)

8 Since you have plundered many nations,
all the peoples who remain will plunder you—
because of human bloodshed
and violence against lands, cities,
and all who live in them.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:9 (CSB)

9 Woe to him who dishonestly makes
wealth for his house
to place his nest on high,
to escape the grasp of disaster!

 

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Habakkuk 2:10 (CSB)

10 You have planned shame for your house
by wiping out many peoples
and sinning against your own self.

 

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Habakkuk 2:11 (CSB)

11 For the stones will cry out from the wall,
and the rafters will answer them
from the woodwork.

 

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Habakkuk 2:12 (CSB)

12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and founds a town with injustice!

 

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Habakkuk 2:13 (CSB)

13 Is it not from the Lord of Armies
that the peoples labour only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:14 (CSB)

14 For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory,
as the water covers the sea.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:15 (CSB)

15 Woe to him who gives his neighbours drink,
pouring out your wrath
and even making them drunk,
in order to look at their nakedness!

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:16 (CSB)

16 You will be filled with disgrace instead of glory.
You also—drink,
and expose your uncircumcision!
The cup in the Lord’s right hand
will come around to you,
and utter disgrace will cover your glory.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Habakkuk 2:17 (CSB)

17 For your violence against Lebanon
will overwhelm you;
the destruction of animals will terrify you
because of your human bloodshed and violence
against lands, cities, and all who live in them.