Habakuk 2:2
Konteks“Write down this message! 2 Record it legibly on tablets,
so the one who announces 3 it may read it easily. 4
Habakuk 2:9
Konteks2:9 The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. 5
He does this so he can build his nest way up high
and escape the clutches of disaster. 6
Habakuk 2:13
Konteks2:13 Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed:
The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke;
their exhausting work will be for nothing. 7
[2:2] 1 tn Heb “the
[2:2] 2 tn Heb “[the] vision.”
[2:2] 4 tn Heb “might run,” which here probably means “run [through it quickly with one’s eyes],” that is, read it easily.
[2:9] 5 tn Heb “Woe [to] the one who profits unjustly by evil unjust gain for his house.” On the term הוֹי (hoy) see the note on the word “dead” in v. 6.
[2:9] 6 tn Heb “to place his nest in the heights in order to escape from the hand of disaster.”
[2:9] sn Here the Babylonians are compared to a bird, perhaps an eagle, that builds its nest in an inaccessible high place where predators cannot reach it.
[2:13] 7 tn Heb “Is it not, look, from the