Discovery BoxHabakkuk 1:2 
Context1:2 How long, Lord, must I cry for help?
But you do not listen!
I call out to you, “Violence!”
But you do not intervene! 1
Habakkuk 1:16
Context1:16 Because of his success 2 he offers sacrifices to his throw net
and burns incense to his dragnet; 3
for because of them he has plenty of food, 4
and more than enough to eat. 5
Habakkuk 2:2
Context“Write down this message! 7 Record it legibly on tablets,
so the one who announces 8 it may read it easily. 9
Habakkuk 2:13
Context2:13 Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed:
The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke;
their exhausting work will be for nothing. 10
1 tn Or “deliver.”
2 tn Heb “therefore.”
3 sn The fishing implements (throw net and dragnet) represent Babylonian military might. The prophet depicts the Babylonians as arrogantly worshiping their own power (sacrifices…burns incense, see also v. 11b).
4 tn Heb “for by them his portion is full [or, “fat”].”
5 tn Heb “and his food is plentiful [or, “fat”].”
6 tn Heb “the
7 tn Heb “[the] vision.”
8 tn Or “reads from.”
9 tn Heb “might run,” which here probably means “run [through it quickly with one’s eyes],” that is, read it easily.
10 tn Heb “Is it not, look, from the
