Habakkuk 2:8

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence [to] the land, [To] the city, and [to] all dwelling in it.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

In Context

7Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?

9Woe [to] him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

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Cross References

Proverbs 22:23For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

Isaiah 33:4And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.

Jeremiah 27:7And served him have all the nations, and his son, and his son's son, till the coming in of the time of his land, also it; and done service for him have many nations and great kings.

Jeremiah 50:10And Chaldea hath been for a spoil, All her spoilers are satisfied, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 50:18Therefore thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am seeing after the king of Babylon, And after his land, As I have seen after the king of Asshur;

Jeremiah 50:33Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Oppressed are the sons of Israel, And the sons of Judah together, And all their captors have kept hold on them, They have refused to send them away.

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 →

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