Habakkuk 2
King James Version · 20 verses · 688 cross-references linking it to 336 other chapters
Explore Habakkuk 2 in the interactive map- 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.27 cross-references: Isaiah 21:8, Isaiah 62:6, 2 Samuel 18:24, Psalms 85:8, Psalms 73:16–17
- 2And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.32 cross-references: Isaiah 30:8, Revelation 14:13, Revelation 1:18–19, Deuteronomy 31:22, Revelation 21:5–8
- 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.64 cross-references: Psalms 27:14, Hebrews 10:36–37, Ezekiel 12:25, Lamentations 3:25–26, Psalms 102:13
- 4Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.43 cross-references: Romans 1:17, Hebrews 10:38, Galatians 3:11–12, Galatians 2:16, John 3:36
- 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:51 cross-references: Isaiah 5:11–12, Proverbs 27:20, Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 31:4–5, Isaiah 2:17
- 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!39 cross-references: Isaiah 14:4–19, Numbers 23:7, Jeremiah 50:13, Job 20:15–29, Jeremiah 29:22
- 7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?19 cross-references: Proverbs 29:1, Jeremiah 50:21–32, Isaiah 47:11, Ecclesiastes 10:8, Daniel 5:25–31
- 8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.46 cross-references: Isaiah 33:1, Habakkuk 2:17, Jeremiah 27:7, Zechariah 12:2–4, Habakkuk 2:10
- 9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!49 cross-references: Jeremiah 49:16, Jeremiah 22:13–19, Genesis 13:10–13, Deuteronomy 7:25–26, Zechariah 5:1–4
- 10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.19 cross-references: Nahum 1:14, 2 Kings 9:26, 2 Kings 10:7, Habakkuk 2:16, Proverbs 1:18
- 11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.12 cross-references: Luke 19:40, Joshua 24:27, James 5:3–4, Job 31:38–40, Genesis 4:10
- 12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!16 cross-references: Micah 3:10, Daniel 4:27–31, Nahum 3:1, Jeremiah 22:13–17, Revelation 17:6
- 13Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?31 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:58, Isaiah 50:11, Isaiah 41:5–8, Malachi 1:4, Psalms 127:1–2
- 14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.33 cross-references: Isaiah 11:9, Psalms 22:27, Psalms 72:19, Zechariah 14:8–9, Psalms 86:9
- 15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!31 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:7, Genesis 9:22, Revelation 17:6, Revelation 17:2, Revelation 18:3
- 16Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.33 cross-references: Isaiah 47:3, Nahum 3:5–6, Hosea 4:7, Isaiah 49:26, Jeremiah 51:57
- 17For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.24 cross-references: Habakkuk 2:8, Psalms 55:23, Zechariah 11:1, Proverbs 28:17, Jeremiah 51:24
- 18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?65 cross-references: Jeremiah 10:8, 1 Corinthians 12:2, Isaiah 44:9–10, Zechariah 10:2, Jeremiah 2:27–28
- 19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.32 cross-references: Psalms 135:17, Jeremiah 10:4, Jeremiah 10:9, 1 Kings 18:26–29, Jeremiah 51:47
- 20But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.36 cross-references: Zechariah 2:13, Zephaniah 1:7, Psalms 46:10, Psalms 11:4, Isaiah 6:1
Explained connections
- The righteous shall live by faith
Habakkuk, troubled by coming Babylonian invasion, is told the righteous will live by faithfulness while waiting for God. Paul makes this the theme verse of Romans: God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith. It later became the watchword of the Reformation.
- No one justified by the law
Paul sets Habakkuk 2:4 against Leviticus 18:5: if the righteous live by faith, then life does not come by doing the law. Galatians uses the verse to defend justification by faith.
- Do not shrink back
Hebrews quotes Habakkuk to encourage persecuted believers to endure: the coming one will not delay, and the righteous live by faith rather than shrinking back. The same verse serves three New Testament books with three emphases.
- The earth full of the knowledge of the LORD
Isaiah ends his vision of peace with the earth full of the knowledge of the LORD like the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk repeats the line almost word for word, a shared hope across the prophets.
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