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I will stand like a guard and watch.
    I will wait to see what the Lord will say to me.
I will wait and learn how he answers my questions.

God Answers Habakkuk

The Lord answered me, “Write down what I show you. Write it clearly on a sign so that the message will be easy to read.[a]

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  1. Habakkuk 2:2 Write down … easy to read Or “Write the vision clearly on tablets so that the person who reads it can run and tell other people.”

I will stand at my watch(A)
    and station myself on the ramparts;(B)
I will look to see what he will say(C) to me,
    and what answer I am to give to this complaint.[a](D)

The Lord’s Answer

Then the Lord replied:

“Write(E) down the revelation
    and make it plain on tablets
    so that a herald[b] may run with it.

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  1. Habakkuk 2:1 Or and what to answer when I am rebuked
  2. Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it