Habakkuk 2:10
Thou hast devised shame for thine house; By destroying many nations, thou hast brought ruin upon thyself.
Noyes Bible
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 from the wall crieth out, And the beam from the timber answereth it.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:36But he who misseth me doeth violence to himself; All they who hate me love death.”
Isaiah 33:11Ye shall conceive chaff, and bring forth stubble; Your own wrath is the fire which shall devour you.
Jeremiah 26:19Did Hezekiah, king of Judah, and all Judah, put him to death? Did he not fear Jehovah, and beseech Jehovah, so that Jehovah repented of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Shall we then bring so great an evil upon ourselves?
Nahum 1:14And concerning thee hath Jehovah given command, That thy name shall no more be sown. From the house of thy god I will cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou hast become vile!
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 →