## Habakkuk Chapter 2

###### Habakkuk 2:1
[Habakkuk 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:1)

עַל־מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣י אֶֽעֱמֹ֔דָה וְאֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖ה עַל־מָצ֑וֹר וַאֲצַפֶּ֗ה לִרְאוֹת֙ מַה־יְדַבֶּר־בִּ֔י וּמָ֥ה אָשִׁ֖יב עַל־תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.


###### Habakkuk 2:2
[Habakkuk 2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:2)

וַיַּעֲנֵ֤נִי יְהֹוָה֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר כְּתֹ֣ב חָז֔וֹן וּבָאֵ֖ר עַל־הַלֻּח֑וֹת לְמַ֥עַן יָר֖וּץ ק֥וֹרֵא בֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he who reads it may run.


###### Habakkuk 2:3
[Habakkuk 2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:3)

כִּ֣י ע֤וֹד חָזוֹן֙ לַמּוֹעֵ֔ד וְיָפֵ֥חַ לַקֵּ֖ץ וְלֹ֣א יְכַזֵּ֑ב אִם־יִתְמַהְמָהּ֙ חַכֵּה־ל֔וֹ כִּי־בֹ֥א יָבֹ֖א לֹ֥א יְאַחֵֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For there is still a vision for the appointed time; and it speaks concerning the end, and does not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.


###### Habakkuk 2:4
[Habakkuk 2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:4)

הִנֵּ֣ה עֻפְּלָ֔ה לֹא־יָשְׁרָ֥ה נַפְשׁ֖וֹ בּ֑וֹ וְצַדִּ֖יק בֶּאֱמוּנָת֥וֹ יִֽחְיֶֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.


###### Habakkuk 2:5
[Habakkuk 2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:5)

וְאַף֙ כִּֽי־הַיַּ֣יִן בֹּגֵ֔ד גֶּ֥בֶר יָהִ֖יר וְלֹ֣א יִנְוֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֩ הִרְחִ֨יב כִּשְׁא֜וֹל נַפְשׁ֗וֹ וְה֤וּא כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׂבָּ֔ע וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף אֵלָיו֙ כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץ אֵלָ֖יו כׇּל־הָעַמִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Moreover, wine is treacherous; the arrogant man shall not abide, whose desires gape wide like She᾽ol; and like death, he cannot be satisfied: for he has gathered to himself all the nations, and has collected to him all the peoples:


###### Habakkuk 2:6
[Habakkuk 2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:6)

הֲלוֹא־אֵ֣לֶּה כֻלָּ֗ם עָלָיו֙ מָשָׁ֣ל יִשָּׂ֔אוּ וּמְלִיצָ֖ה חִיד֣וֹת ל֑וֹ וְיֹאמַ֗ר ה֚וֹי הַמַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא־ל֔וֹ עַד־מָתַ֕י וּמַכְבִּ֥יד עָלָ֖יו עַבְטִֽיט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increases that which is not his! how long? and that loads himself with property taken in pledge!


###### Habakkuk 2:7
[Habakkuk 2:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:7)

הֲל֣וֹא פֶ֗תַע יָק֙וּמוּ֙ נֹֽשְׁכֶ֔יךָ וְיִקְצ֖וּ מְזַעְזְעֶ֑יךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ לִמְשִׁסּ֖וֹת לָֽמוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shall not thy exactors rise up suddenly against thee, and thy shakers awaken, and thou shalt be for plunder to them?


###### Habakkuk 2:8
[Habakkuk 2:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:8)

כִּֽי־אַתָּ֤ה שַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים יְשׇׁלּ֖וּךָ כׇּל־יֶ֣תֶר עַמִּ֑ים מִדְּמֵ֤י אָדָם֙ וַֽחֲמַס־אֶ֔רֶץ קִרְיָ֖ה וְכׇל־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city, and all that dwell in it.


###### Habakkuk 2:9
[Habakkuk 2:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:9)

ה֗וֹי בֹּצֵ֛עַ בֶּ֥צַע רָ֖ע לְבֵית֑וֹ לָשׂ֤וּם בַּמָּרוֹם֙ קִנּ֔וֹ לְהִנָּצֵ֖ל מִכַּף־רָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Woe to him that gets evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!


###### Habakkuk 2:10
[Habakkuk 2:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:10)

יָעַ֥צְתָּ בֹּ֖שֶׁת לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָ קְצוֹת־עַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים וְחוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast devised shame to thy house by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy life.


###### Habakkuk 2:11
[Habakkuk 2:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:11)

כִּי־אֶ֖בֶן מִקִּ֣יר תִּזְעָ֑ק וְכָפִ֖יס מֵעֵ֥ץ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.


###### Habakkuk 2:12
[Habakkuk 2:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:12)

ה֛וֹי בֹּנֶ֥ה עִ֖יר בְּדָמִ֑ים וְכוֹנֵ֥ן קִרְיָ֖ה בְּעַוְלָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Woe to him that builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!


###### Habakkuk 2:13
[Habakkuk 2:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:13)

הֲל֣וֹא הִנֵּ֔ה מֵאֵ֖ת יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְיִֽיגְע֤וּ עַמִּים֙ בְּדֵי־אֵ֔שׁ וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים בְּדֵי־רִ֥יק יִעָֽפוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the peoples labour only for fire, and the nations weary themselves only for vanity?


###### Habakkuk 2:14
[Habakkuk 2:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:14)

כִּ֚י תִּמָּלֵ֣א הָאָ֔רֶץ לָדַ֖עַת אֶת־כְּב֣וֹד יְהֹוָ֑ה כַּמַּ֖יִם יְכַסּ֥וּ עַל־יָֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.


###### Habakkuk 2:15
[Habakkuk 2:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:15)

ה֚וֹי מַשְׁקֵ֣ה רֵעֵ֔הוּ מְסַפֵּ֥חַ חֲמָתְךָ֖ וְאַ֣ף שַׁכֵּ֑ר לְמַ֥עַן הַבִּ֖יט עַל־מְעוֹרֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Woe to him that gives his neighbour drink, adding thy venom to it, and making him drunken also, that thou mayst look on their nakedness!


###### Habakkuk 2:16
[Habakkuk 2:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:16)

שָׂבַ֤עְתָּ קָלוֹן֙ מִכָּב֔וֹד שְׁתֵ֥ה גַם־אַ֖תָּה וְהֵעָרֵ֑ל תִּסּ֣וֹב עָלֶ֗יךָ כּ֚וֹס יְמִ֣ין יְהֹוָ֔ה וְקִיקָל֖וֹן עַל־כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou art filled with shame instead of glory: drink thou also, and stagger: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned to thee, and shameful disgrace shall be on thy glory.


###### Habakkuk 2:17
[Habakkuk 2:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:17)

כִּ֣י חֲמַ֤ס לְבָנוֹן֙ יְכַסֶּ֔ךָּ וְשֹׁ֥ד בְּהֵמ֖וֹת יְחִיתַ֑ן מִדְּמֵ֤י אָדָם֙ וַחֲמַס־אֶ֔רֶץ קִרְיָ֖ה וְכׇל־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the violence done to Levanon covers thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city, and to all that dwell therein.


###### Habakkuk 2:18
[Habakkuk 2:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:18)

מָה־הוֹעִ֣יל פֶּ֗סֶל כִּ֤י פְסָלוֹ֙ יֹֽצְר֔וֹ מַסֵּכָ֖ה וּמ֣וֹרֶה שָּׁ֑קֶר כִּ֣י בָטַ֞ח יֹצֵ֤ר יִצְרוֹ֙ עָלָ֔יו לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֱלִילִ֥ים אִלְּמִֽים׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
What use is there in a carved idol, that its carver has fashioned, a molten image, and a teacher of lies? that the maker should trust in his own manufacture, when he makes dumb idols?


###### Habakkuk 2:19
[Habakkuk 2:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:19)

ה֣וֹי אֹמֵ֤ר לָעֵץ֙ הָקִ֔יצָה ע֖וּרִי לְאֶ֣בֶן דּוּמָ֑ם ה֣וּא יוֹרֶ֔ה הִנֵּה־ה֗וּא תָּפוּשׂ֙ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֔סֶף וְכׇל־ר֖וּחַ אֵ֥ין בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Woe to him that says to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, Can it teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.


###### Habakkuk 2:20
[Habakkuk 2:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Habakkuk/r/2:20)

וַיהֹוָ֖ה בְּהֵיכַ֣ל קׇדְשׁ֑וֹ הַ֥ס מִפָּנָ֖יו כׇּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.