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Habakkuk 2:2
Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks to Habakkuk, who has just declared he will stand at his watch post awaiting correction (2:1). This is the divine answer to that posture of waiting.
The words — כְּתֹב (kəṯōḇ, "write down") is a bare imperative with no softening. הַלּוּחֹת (ha-luḥōṯ, "the tablets") carries the definite article, pointing to a specific, durable medium rather than a casual note.
The thread — Isaiah 30:8 repeats the same command—write on a tablet, inscribe on a scroll—and frames the result as a witness for days to come. Revelation 14:13 echoes the imperative "write" as a voice from heaven dictating what must be recorded.
Why it lands — The verse does not ask the reader to feel something; it asks them to fix what they have received in a form that outlasts the moment of hearing. The vision is not a private experience but a document to be transmitted.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 30:8 Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
- Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
- Revelation 1:18 the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
- Deuteronomy 31:22 So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.
- Revelation 21:5 And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
- Daniel 12:4 But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
- Deuteronomy 27:8 And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”
- Isaiah 8:1 Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
- Deuteronomy 31:19 Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
- John 11:28 After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”