Habakkuk 2:8

Habakkuk 2:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
• New International Version (NIV)Because you have plundered many nations, the peoples who are left will plunder you. For you have shed human blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you, for the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because you have plundered many nations, All the remnant of the people shall plunder you, Because of men’s blood And the violence of the land and the city, And of all who dwell in it.

Context of Habakkuk 2:8

6“Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him, Even mockery and insinuations against him And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his-- For how long-- And makes himself rich with loans?’ 7Will not your creditors rise up suddenly, And those who collect from you awaken? Indeed, you will become plunder for them. Because you have looted many nations, All the remainder of the peoples will loot you-- Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants. 9“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity! 10You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself.

Habakkuk 2:8 word by word

כִּֽי אַתָּ֤ה שַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים יְשָׁלּ֖וּךָ כָּל־יֶ֣תֶר עַמִּ֑ים מִדְּמֵ֤י אָדָם֙ וַחֲמַס־אֶ֔רֶץ קִרְיָ֖ה וְכָל־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃ פRead the interlinear

• Becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• lootedשָׁלַלshâlal · to lootH7997
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the remainderיֶ֫תֶרyether · remainderH3499
• of the peoplesעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• Becauseמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• of humanאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• bloodshedדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• and violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
• done to the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• To the townקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151
• its inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Habakkuk 2:8

• Habakkuk 2:10You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself.
• Isaiah 33:1Woe to you, O destroyer, While you were not destroyed; And he who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him. As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed; As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will deal treacherously with you.
• Jeremiah 27:7All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will make him their servant.
• Jeremiah 30:16Therefore all who devour you will be devoured; And all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity; And those who plunder you will be for plunder, And all who prey upon you I will give for prey.
• Jeremiah 50:10Chaldea will become plunder; All who plunder her will have enough,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 51:13O you who dwell by many waters, Abundant in treasures, Your end has come, The measure of your end.
• Zechariah 2:8For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.
• Habakkuk 2:17For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, And the devastation of its beasts by which you terrified them, Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants.
• Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us.
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage And gave them into your hand. You did not show mercy to them, On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.
• Jeremiah 50:11“Because you are glad, because you are jubilant, O you who pillage My heritage, Because you skip about like a threshing heifer And neigh like stallions,
• Jeremiah 51:8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
• Micah 4:11And now many nations have been assembled against you Who say, ‘Let her be polluted, And let our eyes gloat over Zion.’
• Zechariah 1:15But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster.”
• Zechariah 12:2“Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah.
• Zechariah 14:12Now this will be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.

Commentaries on Habakkuk 2:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8For the violence of the land - Or, for the violence done to the land of Judea, and to the city of Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Because (or For). The prophet assigns the reason of the woes he had just pronounced. “Thou (emphatic), thou hast spoiled many nations, all the resonant of the people shall spoil thee.” So Isaiah Isaiah 33:1, “When thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.” Boundless as his conquests were, each remaining people, tribe, or family shall be his foe. Theodotion…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 The prophet reads the doom of all proud and oppressive powers that bear hard upon God's people. The lusts of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life, are the entangling snares of men; and we find him that led Israel captive, himself led captive by each of these. No more of what we have is to be reckoned ours, than what we come honestly by. Riches are but clay, thick clay; what are gold and silver but white and yellow earth? Those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8In the first of Habakkuk’s taunt songs, he condemns the Babylonians for plundering other nations. him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans: The image compares the Babylonians to creditors (people who lend money) who demand harsh repayment. Their oppression causes those they exploit to rise up against them. Greed can damage the spiritual life of both individuals and nations (Luke 12:15; Ephesians 5:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. the remnant of the people--Those remaining of the peoples spoiled by thee, though but a remnant, will suffice to inflict vengeance on thee. the violence of the land ... city--that is, on account of thy violent oppression of the lands and cities of the earth [Grotius] (compare Ha 2:5, 6, 12). The same phrase occurs in Ha 2:17, where the "land" and "city" are Judea and Jerusalem.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Habakkuk 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings