Thematic Bible
Habakkuk 2:1 (show verse)
And station myself on the tower;
And I will keep watch to see what He will say to me,
And what answer I will give [as His spokesman] when I am reproved.
Habakkuk 2:2 (show verse)
Then the Lord answered me and said,
“Write the vision
And engrave it plainly on [clay] tablets
So that the one who reads it will run.
Habakkuk 2:3 (show verse)
“For the vision is yet for the appointed [future] time
It hurries toward the goal [of fulfillment]; it will not fail.
Even though it delays, wait [patiently] for it,
Because it will certainly come; it will not delay.
Habakkuk 2:4 (show verse)
“Look at the proud one,
His soul is not right within him,
But the righteous will live by his faith [in the true God].
Character » Of saints » Just
Character of saints » Just
Faith/faithfulness » Who shall live by faith
Justification » Justification by faith
Justification before God » By faith » Revealed under the old dispensation
Pride » Characteristic of » The wicked
Pride/arrogance » Who is proud
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Titles and names of saints » Just, the
Uprightness » The wicked » Have not, in heart
Character of saints » Just
Faith/faithfulness » Who shall live by faith
Justification » Justification by faith
Justification before God » By faith » Revealed under the old dispensation
Pride » Characteristic of » The wicked
Pride/arrogance » Who is proud
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Titles and names of saints » Just, the
Uprightness » The wicked » Have not, in heart
Habakkuk 2:5 (show verse)
“Moreover, wine is treacherous and betrays the arrogant man,
So that he does not stay at home.
His appetite is large like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He gathers to himself all nations
And collects to himself all peoples [as if he owned them].
Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Adonijah
Ambition » Connected with » Pride
Covetousness » Is never satisfied
Desires » Evil
Evil » Results of » Desires
Hell » In the rv of o. T. It appears only in
Home » Heavenly » Keepers at
Home » Admonitions concerning abiding at
Pride » Characteristic of » The wicked
Pride/arrogance » Who is proud
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Admonitions concerning abiding at home
Worldly » Ambition » Adonijah
Ambition » Connected with » Pride
Covetousness » Is never satisfied
Desires » Evil
Evil » Results of » Desires
Hell » In the rv of o. T. It appears only in
Home » Heavenly » Keepers at
Home » Admonitions concerning abiding at
Pride » Characteristic of » The wicked
Pride/arrogance » Who is proud
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Admonitions concerning abiding at home
Worldly » Ambition » Adonijah
Habakkuk 2:6 (show verse)
“Will all these [victims of his greed] not take up a taunting song against him,
And in mocking derision against him
Say, ‘
How long [will he possess it]?
And [woe to him who] makes himself wealthy with loans.’
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Increase, by oppression
Riches » Described as » Thick clay
Selfishness » Different forms of » Total disregard of the rights of others
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Total disregard of the rights of others
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Increase, by oppression
Riches » Described as » Thick clay
Selfishness » Different forms of » Total disregard of the rights of others
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Total disregard of the rights of others
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Habakkuk 2:7 (show verse)
“Will your creditors not rise up suddenly,
And those who collect from you awaken?
Then you will become plunder for them.
Habakkuk 2:8 (show verse)
“Because you [king of Babylon] have looted many nations,
All peoples who are left will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and for the violence done to the land,
To the city and all its inhabitants.
Ambition » Connected with » Covetousness
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Increase, by oppression
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Increase, by oppression
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Habakkuk 2:9 (show verse)
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]
To set his nest on high,
That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.
Habakkuk 2:10 (show verse)
“You have devised a shameful thing for your house
By cutting off and putting an end to many peoples;
So you are sinning against your own life and forfeiting it.
Habakkuk 2:11 (show verse)
“For the stone will cry out from the wall [to accuse you—built in sin!]
And the rafter will answer it out of the woodwork.
Habakkuk 2:12 (show verse)
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who builds a city with bloodshed
And establishes a town by violence!
Ambition » Connected with » Cruelty
Blood » Illustrative » (building with,) of oppression and cruelty
Blood » Figurative » Of oppression and cruelty
Cities » Often founded and enlarged by blood and rapine
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Blood » Illustrative » (building with,) of oppression and cruelty
Blood » Figurative » Of oppression and cruelty
Cities » Often founded and enlarged by blood and rapine
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Habakkuk 2:13 (show verse)
“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples labor [only] for the fire [that will destroy their work],
And nations grow weary for nothing [that is, things which have no lasting value]?
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Toil » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Worldly » Labour » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Toil » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Worldly » Labour » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Habakkuk 2:14 (show verse)
“But [the time is coming when] the earth shall be filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.
Earth » What is in the earth
the Earth » Shall be filled with the knowledge of God
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Glory » Of God » The knowledge of, shall fill the earth
God, Glory of » The knowledge of, shall fill the earth
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
the Sea » Illustrative » (covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Water » Illustrative » (covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
the Earth » Shall be filled with the knowledge of God
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Glory » Of God » The knowledge of, shall fill the earth
God, Glory of » The knowledge of, shall fill the earth
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
the Sea » Illustrative » (covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Water » Illustrative » (covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Habakkuk 2:15 (show verse)
“Woe (judgment is coming) to you who make your neighbors drink,
Who mix in your venom to make them drunk
So that you may look at their nakedness!
Bottles » Ancients often drank from
Drunkenness » Figurative
Drunkenness » Those who encourage
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Wine » Was kept in bottles
Drunkenness » Figurative
Drunkenness » Those who encourage
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Wine » Was kept in bottles
Habakkuk 2:16 (show verse)
“You will be filled with disgrace instead of honor.
Now drink and expose your own nakedness!
The cup [of wrath] in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you [O destroyer],
And utter disgrace will be on your own glory.
Habakkuk 2:17 (show verse)
“For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you;
The destruction of the animals will terrify you
On account of human bloodshed and the violence done to the land,
To the city and all its inhabitants.
Habakkuk 2:18 (show verse)
“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.
Carving » Idols manufactured by
Idol » Manufacture of
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Dumb idols
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Molten images
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Teachers of lies
Idols » Vanity of
Profit » What is not profitable
Trust » Those that trust in idols
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in idols
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
FALSE » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
Idol » Manufacture of
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Dumb idols
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Molten images
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Teachers of lies
Idols » Vanity of
Profit » What is not profitable
Trust » Those that trust in idols
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in idols
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
FALSE » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
Habakkuk 2:19 (show verse)
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who says to the wooden image, ‘Awake!’
And to the speechless stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.
Habakkuk 2:20 (show verse)
“But the Lord is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth hush and be silent before Him.”
Church » Holy temple
God » Remember » Reverence for
Keep silence » In God's house
Reverence » Godly » Awe » For God and sacred things encouraged
Silence » Keep » In God's house
Worship » Divinity of Christ » True attitude in
true and false Worship » Divinity of Christ of heavenly bodies » Of God, universal
God » Remember » Reverence for
Keep silence » In God's house
Reverence » Godly » Awe » For God and sacred things encouraged
Silence » Keep » In God's house
Worship » Divinity of Christ » True attitude in
true and false Worship » Divinity of Christ of heavenly bodies » Of God, universal