Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
Cross References
Genesis 11:6And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
Job 5:13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.
Psalms 127:1A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it; except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Isaiah 41:5The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled; they drew near, and came.
Isaiah 55:2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your gain for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Jeremiah 51:64and thou shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary.' Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
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 →