Habakkuk 2:1

I will take my stand on my watch-tower, and station myself on a turret. I will watch to see what the Lord will say to me, what answer he will make to my complaint.

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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

2Then the Lord answered me and said: Inscribe the vision plainly on tablets, so that even someone running by could read it.

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Cross References

Psalms 73:16So I sought to understand it, but a wearisome task it seemed:

Psalms 85:9Soon those who revere him shall see how he saves, and glory shall live in our land.

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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