Habakkuk 2

1 I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest.

upon charge my to stand: stand and to stand upon siege and to watch to/for to see: see what? to speak: speak in/on/with me and what? to return: reply upon argument my

2 And the Lord gave me an answer, and said, Put the vision in writing and make it clear on stones, so that the reader may go quickly.

and to answer me LORD and to say to write vision and to make plain upon [the] tablet because to run: run to call: read out in/on/with him

3 For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.

for still vision to/for meeting: time appointed and to breathe to/for end and not to lie if to delay to wait to/for him for to come (in): fulfill to come (in): fulfill not to delay

4 As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.

behold to swell not to smooth soul his in/on/with him and righteous in/on/with faithfulness his to live

5 A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself. (Sheol h7585)

and also for [the] wine to act treacherously great man proud and not to dwell which to enlarge like/as hell: Sheol soul: appetite his and he/she/it like/as death and not to satisfy and to gather to(wards) him all [the] nation and to gather to(wards) him all [the] people (Sheol h7585)

6 Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!

not these all their upon him proverb to lift: loud and mockery riddle to/for him and to say woe! [the] to multiply not to/for him till how and to honor: heavy upon him debt

7 Will not your creditors suddenly be moved against you, and your troublers get up from their sleep, and you will be to them like goods taken in war?

not suddenness to arise: rise to bite you and to awake to tremble you and to be to/for plunder to/for them

8 Because you have taken their goods from great nations, all the rest of the peoples will take your goods from you; because of men's blood and violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.

for you(m. s.) to loot nation many to loot you all remainder people from blood man and violence land: country/planet town and all to dwell in/on/with her

9 A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!

woe! to cut off: to gain unjust-gain bad: evil to/for house: household his to/for to set: make in/on/with height nest his to/for to rescue from palm bad: evil

10 You have been a cause of shame to your house by cutting off a number of peoples, and sinning against your soul.

to advise shame to/for house: household your to cut off people many and to sin soul: life your

11 For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.

for stone from wall to cry out and rafter from tree: wood to answer her

12 A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing!

woe! to build city in/on/with blood and to establish: make town in/on/with injustice

13 See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?

not behold from with LORD Hosts and be weary/toil people in/on/with sufficiency fire and people in/on/with sufficiency vain to faint

14 For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.

for to fill [the] land: country/planet to/for to know [obj] glory LORD like/as water to cover upon sea

15 A curse on him who gives his neighbour the wine of his wrath, making him overcome with strong drink from the cup of his passion, so that you may be a witness of their shame!

woe! to water: drink neighbor his to attach rage your and also be drunk because to look upon nakedness their

16 You are full of shame in place of glory: take your part in the drinking, and let your shame be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand will come round to you and your glory will be covered with shame.

to satisfy dishonor from glory to drink also you(m. s.) and be uncircumcised to turn: turn upon you cup right LORD and disgrace upon glory your

17 For the violent acts against Lebanon will come on you, and the destruction of the cattle will be a cause of fear to you, because of men's blood and the violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.

for violence Lebanon to cover you and violence animal to to be dismayed them from blood man and violence land: country/planet town and all to dwell in/on/with her

18 What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?

what? to gain idol for to hew him to form: formed him liquid and to show deception for to trust to form: formed intention his upon him to/for to make idol mute

19 A curse on him who says to the wood, Awake! to the unbreathing stone, Up! let it be a teacher! See, it is plated with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all inside it.

woe! to say to/for tree: wood to awake [emph?] to rouse to/for stone silence he/she/it to show behold he/she/it to capture gold and silver: money and all spirit: breath nothing in/on/with entrails: among his

20 But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth be quiet before him.

and LORD in/on/with temple holiness his to silence from face: before his all [the] land: country/planet