For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
    it speaks of the end
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
    it[a] will certainly come
    and will not delay.

‘See, the enemy is puffed up;
    his desires are not upright –
    but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness[b] –
indeed, wine betrays him;
    he is arrogant and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
    and like death is never satisfied,
he gathers to himself all the nations
    and takes captive all the peoples.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he
  2. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faith