Habakkuk 2:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Habakkuk 2:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Habakkuk 2:2 is a verse from the book of Habakkuk in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Habakkuk 2:2 — KJV
“And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”
— Habakkuk 2:2 (KJV)
Habakkuk 2:2 in Context — About the Book of Habakkuk
Habakkuk dares to interrogate God — why do the wicked prosper while you stay silent? God answers with a vision worth waiting for and the line that ignited the Reformation: the righteous shall live by faith. The book ends in one of Scripture's boldest declarations of joy despite empty barns.
Cross-References for Habakkuk 2:2
“In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Habakkuk 2:2: lord, make, may
“Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.”
Shares key themes with Habakkuk 2:2: lord, make, may
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.”
Shares key themes with Habakkuk 2:2: lord, tables, may
“And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.”
Shares key themes with Habakkuk 2:2: lord, make, may
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.”
Shares key themes with Habakkuk 2:2: lord, write, tables
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