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Habakkuk 2:8
8Because 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Because you have plundered many nations, now all the survivors will plunder you. You committed murder throughout the countryside and filled the towns with violence.
Context of Habakkuk 2:8
6“Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, “ ‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on?’ 7Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will they not wake up and make you tremble? Then you will become their prey. 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. 9“Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, setting his nest on high to escape the clutches of ruin! 10You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.
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כִּֽי אַתָּ֤ה שַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים יְשָׁלּ֖וּךָ כָּל־יֶ֣תֶר עַמִּ֑ים מִדְּמֵ֤י אָדָם֙ וַחֲמַס־אֶ֔רֶץ קִרְיָ֖ה וְכָל־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Because thou hast spoiledשָׁלַלshâlal · to lootH7997
- manyרַבrab · manyH7227
- nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- all the remnantיֶ֫תֶרyether · remainderH3499
- of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- thee; because of men’sאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
- bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
- the violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
- of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of the cityקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151
- and of all that dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
Cross-references for Habakkuk 2:8
- Habakkuk 2:10You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.
- Isaiah 33:1Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.
- Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.
- Jeremiah 30:16“ ‘But all who devour you will be devoured; all your enemies will go into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered; all who make spoil of you I will despoil.
- Jeremiah 50:10So Babylonia will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 51:13You who live by many waters and are rich in treasures, your end has come, the time for you to be destroyed.
- Zechariah 2:8For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye—
- Habakkuk 2:17The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and your destruction of animals will terrify you. For you have shed human blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
- Psalms 137:8Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
- Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.
- Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice and are glad, you who pillage my inheritance, because you frolic like a heifer threshing grain and neigh like stallions,
- Jeremiah 51:8Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
- Micah 4:11But now many nations are gathered against you. They say, “Let her be defiled, let our eyes gloat over Zion!”
- Zechariah 1:15and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they went too far with the punishment.’
- Zechariah 12:2“I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 14:12This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
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
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