Tree of Life Version
Habakkuk 2:8
8Since you looted many nations, all the survivors will plunder you— because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, the city and all its inhabitants.
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
6Will not all take up a proverb against him or a scornful riddle about him? “Oy to one expanding what isn’t his! How long? Oy to one burdening himself with heavy debts!” 7Will biting you arise suddenly, and those shaking you awaken, as you will become plunder for them? Since you looted many nations, all the survivors will plunder you— because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, the city and all its inhabitants. 9Oy to one surely getting unjust gain for his house— to set his nest on high, to escape the reach of calamity! 10You schemed shame for your house, by cutting off many peoples, so going wrong yourself.
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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 schemed shame for your house, by cutting off many peoples, so going wrong yourself.
- Isaiah 33:1Oy , you destroyer, never destroyed, you traitor, never betrayed! When you have stopped destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you finish betraying, they will betray you.
- Jeremiah 27:7All the nations will serve him—and his son, and his grandson—until the time of his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.’
- Jeremiah 30:16Yet all who devour you will be devoured, and all your foes—all of them— will go into captivity. Those plundering you will be plundered, and all preying on you I give as prey.
- Jeremiah 50:10Chaldea will be a spoil— all who plunder her will be satisfied.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Jeremiah 51:13You dwelling by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
- Zechariah 2:8saying to him, ‘Run, speak to this young man saying: “Jerusalem will be inhabited as a village without walls because of the great number of men and livestock in it.
- Habakkuk 2:17For the violence done to Lebanon will spread over you, destruction of beasts terrifying them, because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, the city and to all its inhabitants.
- Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, the devastated one, happy is the one who repays you as you have paid us.
- Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people. I profaned My heritage. I gave them into your hand, but you showed them no mercy. You made your yoke very heavy on the aged.
- Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you exult— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a trampling heifer and neigh like stallions,
- Jeremiah 51:8Suddenly Babylon is fallen! Shattered! Howl over her! Bring balm for her wound. Perhaps she may be healed?
- Micah 4:11But now many nations have assembled against you, those who are saying, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze on Zion.”
- Zechariah 1:15and I am infuriated with the haughty nations. I was a little angry with them, but they furthered their own calamity.”
- Zechariah 12:2“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples when they besiege Jerusalem as well as Judah.
- Zechariah 14:12Now this is the plague with which Adonai will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are 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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