Habakkuk 2:2-4

New Living Translation

The Lord’s Second Reply

²Then the Lord said to me,

“Write my answer plainly on tablets,
    so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.
³This vision is for a future time.
    It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
    for it will surely take place.
    It will not be delayed.

⁴“Look at the proud!
They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.
But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.^[a]

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Footnotes

2:3b-4 Greek version reads If the vision is delayed, wait patiently, / for it will surely come and not delay. / ⁴I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away. / But the righteous person will live by my faith. Compare Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11; Heb 10:37-38.