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Habakkuk 2

Hab. 2:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
answered
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
me, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Write
kathab (Hebrew #3789)
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
KJV usage: describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
Pronounce: kaw-thab'
Origin: a primitive root
the vision
chazown (Hebrew #2377)
a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle
KJV usage: vision.
Pronounce: khaw-zone'
Origin: from 2372
, and make it plain
ba'ar (Hebrew #874)
to dig; by analogy, to engrave; figuratively, to explain
KJV usage: declare, (make) plain(-ly).
Pronounce: baw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
upon tables
luwach (Hebrew #3871)
from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
KJV usage: board, plate, table.
Pronounce: loo'-akh
Origin: or luach {loo'-akh}
, that he may run
ruwts (Hebrew #7323)
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
KJV usage: break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.
Pronounce: roots
Origin: a primitive root
that readeth
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
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Write.
Deut. 27:8• 8{i}And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.{/i} (Deut. 27:8)
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Deut. 31:19,22• 19{i}And now, write ye this song, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.{/i}
 22{i}And Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel.{/i} (Deut. 31:19,22)
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Isa. 8:1• 1And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of man, for Maher-shalal-hash-baz. (Isa. 8:1)
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Isa. 30:8• 8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever. (Isa. 30:8)
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Jer. 36:2‑4,27‑32• 2Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
 3It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
 4Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
 27Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
 28Take thee again another roll and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
 29And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Thus saith Jehovah; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
 30Therefore thus saith Jehovah of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
 31And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
 32Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words. (Jer. 36:2‑4,27‑32)
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Dan. 12:4• 4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. (Dan. 12:4)
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Rev. 1:18‑19• 18and the living one: and I was dead, and, behold, I am alive unto the ages of the ages; and I have the keys of death and of hades.
 19Write therefore the things which thou sawest, and the things which are, and the things which are about to come to pass after these: (Rev. 1:18‑19)
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Rev. 14:13• 13And I heard a voice out of the heaven, saying, Write, Blessed {i}are{/i} the dead that die in {i}the{/i} Lord henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their toils; for their works follow with them. (Rev. 14:13)
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Rev. 19:9• 9And he saith to me, Write: Blessed {i}are{/i} those that are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me, These are the true words of God. (Rev. 19:9)
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Rev. 21:5‑8• 5And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith [to me], Write: for these words are faithful and true.
 6And he said to me, They are done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him that is athirst I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely.
 7He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be God to him, and he shall be a son to me.
 8But for the cowardly and faithless and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part {i}shall be{/i} in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Rev. 21:5‑8)
make.
John 11:28‑29• 28And having said this she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here, and calleth thee.
 29When she heard [it], she riseth quickly, and cometh unto him. (John 11:28‑29)
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1 Cor. 14:19• 19but in an assembly I desire to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue. (1 Cor. 14:19)
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2 Cor. 3:12• 12Having then such hope we use much openness of speech: (2 Cor. 3:12)
• It was to be made plain on tablets, distinctly set out in large impressive characters. But it is not said, as the common view assumes, that the runner may read, but rather that the reader may run, and thus, it would seem, spread the joyful intelligence one to another. (“Habakkuk 2” by W. Kelly)
• The reader of the vision will be stimulated thereby to earnest spread of the truth he receives. (“Habakkuk 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and engrave it upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Jehovah answered and said, Write the vision and make it plain upon the tables, that he may run that readeth it.