Habakkuk 2:13
Lo! is it not from Yahweh of hosts—that peoples labour for fire, and, populations, for emptiness, weary themselves?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
12Alas! for him who buildeth a city with deeds of blood,—and establisheth a town with perversity.
Cross References
Genesis 11:6Then said Yahweh: Lo! one people and one manner of speech, have they all, this, then is what they have begun to do,—now, therefore, nothing will be withholden from them which they may plan to do.
Job 5:13Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
Psalms 127:1If, Yahweh, build not the house, in vain, have the builders of it toiled thereon, If, Yahweh, watch not the city, in vain, hath the watchman kept awake:
Isaiah 41:5Coastlands have seen, so they fear, The ends of the earth, are in dread,—They have drawn near, and have come:
Isaiah 55:2Wherefore should ye spend, Money, for that which is not bread? Or your labour, for that which, satisfieth not? Keep on hearkening unto me, And, so eat that which is good, And let your soul take exquisite delight in fatness:
Jeremiah 51:64Then shalt thou say,—In like manner, shall Babylon sink and not rise Because of the calamity which I am about to bring thereupon: So shall they perish. 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 →