Isaiah 54:13

54:13 All your children will be followers of the Lord,

and your children will enjoy great prosperity. ¹ 

Jeremiah 24:7

24:7 I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I ²  am the Lord. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly ³  return to me.’

Ezekiel 34:30

34:30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, ⁴  and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. ⁵ 

Habakkuk 2:14

2:14 For recognition of the Lord’s sovereign majesty will fill the earth

just as the waters fill up the sea. ⁶ 

Habakkuk 2:1

2:1 I will stand at my watch post;

I will remain stationed on the city wall. ⁷ 

I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me

and can know ⁸  how I should answer

when he counters my argument. ⁹ 

Habakkuk 1:1

Habakkuk Complains to the Lord

1:1 The following is the message ¹⁰  which God revealed to Habakkuk the prophet: ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “and great [will be] the peace of your sons.”

² tn Heb “I will give them a heart to know me that I am the Lord.” For the use of “heart” here referring to “inclinations, resolutions, and determinations of the will” see BDB 525 s.v. לֵב 4 and compare the usage in 2 Chr 12:14. For the use of “know” to mean “acknowledge” see BDB 384 s.v. יָדַע Qal.1.f and compare the usage in Jer 39:4. For the construction “know ‘someone’ that he…” = “know that ‘someone’…” see GKC 365 §117.h and compare the usage in 2 Sam 3:25.

³ tn Heb “with all their heart.”

⁴ sn A promise given to Abraham (Gen 15:7) and his descendants (Gen 15:8; Exod 6:7).

⁵ sn The blessings described in vv. 25-30 are those promised for obedience in Lev 26:4-13.

⁶ tn Heb “for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, just as the waters cover over the sea.”

⁷ sn Habakkuk compares himself to a watchman stationed on the city wall who keeps his eyes open for approaching messengers or danger.

⁸ tn The word “know” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁹ tn Heb “concerning my correction [or, “reproof”].”

¹⁰ tn Heb “The burden” (so KJV, ASV). The Hebrew term מַשָּׂא (masa’), usually translated “oracle” (NAB, NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or “utterance” (BDB 672 s.v. III מַשָּׂא), in prophetic literature is a technical term introducing a message from the Lord (see Zech 9:1; 12:1; Mal 1:1). Since it derives from a verb meaning “to carry,” its original nuance was that of a burdensome message, that is, one with ominous content.

¹¹ tn Heb “The message [traditionally, “burden”] which Habakkuk the prophet saw.”