Habakkuk 2:10
Thou hast devised shame to thy house, thou hast utterly destroyed many nations, and thy soul has sinned.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
In Context
11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beetle out of the timber shall speak.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:23And king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and + 2:23 Gr. add these things.more also, if it be not that Adonias has spoken this word against his own life.
2 Kings 10:7And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew them, even seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezrael.
Proverbs 8:36But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.
Isaiah 33:11Now shall ye see, now shall ye perceive; the strength of your breath shall be vain; fire shall devour you.
Jeremiah 26:19O daughter of Egypt dwelling at home, prepare thee stuff for removing: for Memphis shall be utterly desolate, and shall be called Woe, because there are no inhabitants in it.
Nahum 1:14And the Lord shall give a command concerning thee; there shall no more of thy name be scattered: I will utterly destroy the graven images out of the house of thy god, and the molten images: I will make thy grave; for they are swift.
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 →