Habakkuk
2He was from the tribe of Simeon, of the field of Beth-zachariah.
3Before the captivity he had a vision of the destruction of Jerusalem, and he grieved exceedingly.
4When Nebuchadnezzar came against Jerusalem, he fled to Ostracina (in Egypt), and then sojourned in the land of Ishmael.
5When the Chaldeans returned (to their country), and all those who were left in Jerusalem went down to Egypt, he settled again in his own land.
6He was accustomed to carry food to the reapers of the harvest in his field;
7and one day, as he received the food, he announced to his family: "I am off for a far country, but will return immediately; if I should delay, carry out the food to the reapers."
8Finding himself straightway in Babylon, and having given Daniel his meal, he stood by the reapers as they ate; and he told no one what had happened.
9He had knowledge that the people would soon come back from Babylon.
10Two years before the return he died, and was buried alone in his own field.
11He gave a sign to the people in Judea, that they would see in the temple a light shining, and thus they would know the glory of the sanctuary.
12Concerning the end of the temple, he foretold that it would be brought to pass by a western nation.
13Then, he said, the veil of the inner sanctuary will be torn to pieces, and the capitals of the two pillars will be taken away,
14and no one will know where they are; but they will be carried away by angels into the wilderness where in the beginning the
15Tabernacle of Witness was pitched. By them in the end the presence of the Lord will be made known, for they will give light to those who are pursued by the Serpent in darkness as at the beginning.