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The Habakkuk Pesher — Column 2

The Qumran Community · a new plain-English translation from the original language

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It will be told [...] [the interpretation] [of] [the] [word] [concerning] the traitors with the man

of the lie, for they did not [believe] [in] [the words of] the Teacher of Righteousness from the mouth

of God [...] and concerning the [traitors] [of] [the] new [covenant], [for] [they did not]

believe in the covenant of God [and] [they profaned] the [name] of his holiness

And so the interpretation of the word [concerns] [the] [traitors] in the last

days [...] they are [the violators of] [the] [covenant] who will not believe

when they hear all that is [coming] [upon] [the] last generation, from the mouth of

the Priest in whose [heart] God gave [understanding] to interpret all

the words of his servants the prophets, [through] whom God recounted

all that is coming upon his people and [his congregation] [...] For behold, I am raising up

the Chaldeans, the [bitter] [and] [hasty] nation [...]

Its interpretation: concerns the Kittim, [who] [are] swift and mighty

in war, to destroy many. [And] [the] [land] [shall be] under the dominion of

the Kittim; [they shall possess] [many] [lands] and shall not believe

in the laws of [God] [...] [the] [one who goes] [through] [the breadth of] [the] [earth] [to] [possess] [dwellings] [not]

[his] [...] [its interpretation] [concerns] [the] [Kittim] [who] [...]

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An original translation made in 2026 by Scriptorium Press, working directly from the original language text (never from another English translation), in one consistent modern voice. Free to read, download, and listen — no accounts, no ads, nothing for sale.

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