Habakkuk 2:1

I will stande vpon my watche, and set me vpon the towre, & will loke, and see what he will say vnto me, and what I shall aunswere to him that rebuketh me.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And the Lord aunswered me, and said: write the vision, and make it plaine vpon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

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Cross References

Isaiah 21:6For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me: Go and set a watchman to tel what he seeth.

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:1

In this chapter we have an answer expected by the prophet ( ver. 1 ), and returned by the Spirit of God, to the complaints which the prophet made of the violences and victories of the Chaldeans in the close of the foregoing chapter. The answer is, I. That after God has served his own purposes by the prevailing power of the Chaldeans, has tried the faith and patience of his people, and distinguished between the hypocrites and the sincere among them, he will reckon with the Chaldeans, will humble and bring down, not… Read the whole commentary →

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