Habakkuk 2:8
Because you have spoiled many nations, all the nations that are left shall spoil you, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.
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Proverbs 22:23For the Lord will plead his cause, and you shall deliver your soul in safety.
Isaiah 33:4And now shall the spoils of your small and great be gathered: as if one should gather locusts, so shall they mock you.
Jeremiah 27:7All that found them consumed them: their enemies said, Let us not leave them alone, because they have sinned against the Lord: he that gathered their fathers had a pasture of righteousness.
Jeremiah 50:10and you shall say, Thus has the Lord said; Behold, I will send, and will bring Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and he shall place his throne upon these stones which you have hidden, and he shall lift up weapons against them.
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 →