{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/habakkuk/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T09:02:11.337Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Habakkuk","bookSlug":"habakkuk","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I 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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make <i>it</i> plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the vision <i>is</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Behold, his soul <i>which</i> is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, <i>he is</i> a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and <i>is</i> as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth <i>that which is</i> not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and <i>for</i> the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Woe 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!"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned <i>against</i> thy soul."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Behold, <i>is it</i> not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to <i>him</i>, and makest <i>him</i> drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thou 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 <i>shall be</i> on thy glory."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, <i>which</i> made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"What 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?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it <i>is</i> laid over with gold and silver, and <i>there is</i> no breath at all in the midst of it."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"But the LORD <i>is</i> in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him."}],"citation":{"inline":"Habakkuk 2 (KJV)","markdown":"[Habakkuk 2](https://primebible.com/kjv/habakkuk/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/habakkuk/2 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}