Habakkuk 2:13
Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity.
14For the earth shall be filled, that men may know the glory of the Lord, as waters covering the sea.
Cross References
Genesis 11:6And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.
Job 5:13Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:
Psalms 127:1When the lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted.
Isaiah 41:5The islands saw it, and feared, the ends of the earth were astonished, they drew near, and came.
Isaiah 55:2Why do you spend money for that which is not breed, and your labour for that which doth not satisfy you? Hearken diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and your soul shall be delighted in fatness.
Jeremiah 51:64And thou shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and she shall not rise up from the affliction that I will bring upon her, and she shall be utterly destroyed. Thus far are the words of Jeremias.
Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:6-15
Judgment Predicted; Judgment of the King of Babylon. ( b. c. 600.) 5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall… Read the whole commentary →