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Will they not wake up and make you tremble? Then you will become their prey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/habakkuk/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Suddenly, your debtors will take action. They will turn on you and take all you have, while you stand trembling and helpless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/habakkuk/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Will not your debtors suddenly arise, and those awake who will make you tremble? Then you will be spoil for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/habakkuk/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/habakkuk/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/habakkuk/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Will not your creditors rise up suddenly? Will they not awaken who oppress you? And you will become their booty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/habakkuk/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Will your creditors not rise up suddenly, And those who collect from you awaken? Indeed, you will become plunder for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/habakkuk/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Will not your creditors rise up suddenly, And those who collect from you awaken? Indeed, you will become plunder for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/habakkuk/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Will not your creditors rise up suddenly, And those who collect from you awaken? Indeed, you will become plunder for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/habakkuk/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Will not your creditors rise up suddenly, And those who make you tremble awaken? Indeed, you will become spoil for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/habakkuk/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Will your creditors not rise up suddenly, And those who collect from you awaken? Then you will become plunder for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/habakkuk/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Won’t your creditors suddenly arise, and those who disturb you wake up? Then you will become spoil for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/habakkuk/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Won&#8217t your creditors suddenly arise, and those who disturb you wake up? Then you will become spoil for them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/habakkuk/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/habakkuk/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But without warning, those you owe will demand payment. Then you will become a frightened victim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/habakkuk/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/habakkuk/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Won't your creditors suddenly rise up and those who are going to shake you wake up? Then you will become their prize.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/habakkuk/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But before you know it, you that have conquered others will be in debt yourselves and be forced to pay interest. Enemies will come and make you tremble. They will plunder you! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/habakkuk/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Won't your creditors revolt unexpectedly? Won't those who make you tremble wake up? As a result, you'll become their prey!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/habakkuk/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/habakkuk/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your creditors will suddenly attack; those who terrify you will spring into action, and they will rob you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/habakkuk/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Won't your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/habakkuk/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Shall they not rise suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall disturb thee, and thou shalt be for booties to them?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/habakkuk/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/habakkuk/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Do your usurers not instantly rise up, "" And those shaking you awake, "" And you have been a spoil to them?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/habakkuk/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/habakkuk/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Shall they not rise up suddenly, biting thee? and they disquieting thee shall rise up, and thou wert for plunder to them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/habakkuk/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee: and they be stirred up that shall tear thee, and thou shalt be a spoil to them? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/habakkuk/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Shall they not suddenly rise up, who would bite you, and be stirred up, who would tear you, so that you will be a prey for them?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/habakkuk/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Will your debtors not rise suddenly? Will they not awake, those who make you tremble? You will become their spoil! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/habakkuk/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Will not your own creditors suddenly rise, and those who make you tremble wake up? Then you will be booty for them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/habakkuk/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, they shall rise up suddenly, those who shall bite you, and awake those who shall cause you trouble, and you shall be for spoil to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/habakkuk/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, suddenly will arise those who bite you, and those who trouble you shall awake and you shall be prey for them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/habakkuk/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall exact interest of thee, And awake that shall violently shake thee, And thou shalt be for booties unto them?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/habakkuk/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For suddenly there shall arise up those that bite him, and they that plot against thee shall awake, and thou shalt be a plunder to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ryPix4COoVE?start=274" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/habakkuk/2.htm">Woe to the Chaldeans</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6</span>Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’ <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: hă·lō·w (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5391.htm" title="5391: nō·šə·ḵe·ḵā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 2ms) -- A primitive root; to strike with a sting; figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan.">your creditors</a> <a href="/hebrew/6621.htm" title="6621: p̄e·ṯa‘ (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to open; a wink, i.e. Moment (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly).">suddenly</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: yā·qū·mū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">arise</a> <a href="/hebrew/2111.htm" title="2111: mə·za‘·zə·‘e·ḵā (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc:: 2ms) -- To tremble, quake. A primitive root; properly, to shake off, i.e. to agitate.">and those who disturb you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3364.htm" title="3364: wə·yiq·ṣū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3mp) -- To awake. A primitive root; to awake.">awaken?</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yî·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">Then you will become</a> <a href="/hebrew/4933.htm" title="4933: lim·šis·sō·wṯ (Prep-l:: N-fp) -- Booty, plunder. From shacac; plunder.">their prey.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·mōw (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-7.htm">Obadiah 1:7</a></span><br />All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-56.htm">Jeremiah 51:56</a></span><br />For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Isaiah 33:1</a></span><br />Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9</a></span><br />For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-7.htm">Joel 3:7</a></span><br />Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Isaiah 10:12</a></span><br />So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-14.htm">Jeremiah 25:14</a></span><br />For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Isaiah 14:4-5</a></span><br />you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! / The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-24.htm">Jeremiah 51:24</a></span><br />Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Ezekiel 38:10-12</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. / You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a quiet people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates— / in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6-7</a></span><br />Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. / As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-2.htm">Matthew 7:2</a></span><br />For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-13.htm">James 2:13</a></span><br />For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-38.htm">Luke 6:38</a></span><br />Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/13-10.htm">Revelation 13:10</a></span><br />“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite you, and awake that shall vex you, and you shall be for booties to them?</p><p class="hdg">they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/29-1.htm">Proverbs 29:1</a></b></br> He, that being often reproved hardeneth <i>his</i> neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1-5,16-18</a></b></br> The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Isaiah 21:2-9</a></b></br> A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease… </p><p class="hdg">bite.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/10-8.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:8</a></b></br> He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-17.htm">Jeremiah 8:17</a></b></br> For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which <i>will</i> not <i>be</i> charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/habakkuk/1-3.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/joel/3-12.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/songs/8-4.htm">Awaken</a> <a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Bite</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-9.htm">Collect</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-1.htm">Creditors</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Debtors</a> <a href="/nahum/2-11.htm">Disturb</a> <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Exact</a> <a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-11.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm">Instantly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Interest</a> <a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/nahum/3-1.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/nahum/1-9.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/nahum/3-12.htm">Shake</a> <a href="/nahum/2-10.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/nahum/2-9.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/amos/5-9.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/nahum/2-10.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Troublers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-9.htm">Vex</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-26.htm">Victim</a> <a href="/micah/3-2.htm">Violently</a> <a href="/joel/3-12.htm">Wake</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/habakkuk/2-19.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-19.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/john/11-11.htm">Awaken</a> <a href="/acts/28-3.htm">Bite</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-1.htm">Collect</a> <a href="/job/6-27.htm">Creditors</a> <a href="/matthew/6-12.htm">Debtors</a> <a href="/luke/11-7.htm">Disturb</a> <a href="/matthew/2-7.htm">Exact</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-13.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/matthew/8-3.htm">Instantly</a> <a href="/matthew/25-27.htm">Interest</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-8.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-15.htm">Shake</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-1.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-13.htm">Troublers</a> <a href="/acts/12-1.htm">Vex</a> <a href="/psalms/10-14.htm">Victim</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-13.htm">Violently</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-19.htm">Wake</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-13.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Habakkuk 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-1.htm">Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shown that he must wait by faith.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-5.htm">The judgment upon the Chaldean for unsatiableness,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm">for covetousness,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-12.htm">for cruelty,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">for drunkenness,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">and for idolatry.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near East, creditors were often those who lent resources or money, expecting repayment with interest. The Babylonians had metaphorically "borrowed" from other nations by plundering them, and now those nations would rise against them. This reflects the biblical principle of reaping what one sows, as seen in <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a>. Historically, the Medes and Persians would be the "creditors" who rise against Babylon, fulfilling this prophecy.<p><b>and those who disturb you awaken?</b><br>The term "disturb" implies a disruption of peace and security. The Babylonians, who had disturbed many nations, would themselves be disturbed. This awakening suggests a sudden and unexpected reversal of fortunes, a common theme in prophetic literature where God uses the rise and fall of nations to accomplish His purposes. This can be connected to the broader biblical narrative of divine justice, as seen in the story of Haman in Esther, where those who plot evil find their plans turned against them.<p><b>Then you will become their prey.</b><br>This phrase indicates a complete reversal of roles. The Babylonians, once the predators, would become the prey. This is a fulfillment of divine justice, where the oppressor becomes the oppressed. It echoes the principle found in <a href="/proverbs/22-8.htm">Proverbs 22:8</a>, "Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity." Theologically, this can be seen as a type of Christ's ultimate victory over evil, where the oppressor, Satan, is defeated and justice is restored. Historically, this prophecy was fulfilled when Babylon fell to the Medes and Persians in 539 BC, as recorded in <a href="/daniel/5.htm">Daniel 5</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/habakkuk.htm">Habakkuk</a></b><br>A prophet in the Old Testament who dialogues with God about the justice and judgment concerning the wickedness of Judah and the impending Babylonian invasion.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonians.htm">Babylonians (Chaldeans)</a></b><br>The empire used by God as an instrument of judgment against Judah, known for their ruthless conquests and oppression.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, facing judgment due to its disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/creditors.htm">Creditors</a></b><br>Symbolically representing those who will rise against the Babylonians, indicating a reversal of fortunes.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The overarching theme where God assures that the oppressors will eventually face justice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God is in control of history and uses nations to fulfill His purposes, but He also holds them accountable for their actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reversal_of_fortunes.htm">The Reversal of Fortunes</a></b><br>Those who oppress and exploit others will eventually face consequences. This serves as a warning against pride and injustice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>Even when it seems like evil prospers, God assures that justice will prevail in His perfect timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_uncertain_times.htm">The Role of Faith in Uncertain Times</a></b><br>Believers are called to live by faith, trusting in God's promises and justice, even when circumstances seem bleak.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>Judah's situation serves as a reminder of the need for repentance and turning back to God to avoid judgment.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_habakkuk_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Habakkuk 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_11_compare_to_other_prophecies.htm">How do these prophecies in Isaiah 11 compare with other biblical texts that seem to describe different scenarios for the Messiah and end times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'shigionoth'_mean.htm">What does 'shigionoth' mean in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_stars_fall_and_sun_darken.htm">In Mark 13:24-25, how can the sun be darkened and the stars literally fall from the sky given our modern scientific understanding of astronomy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_godly_sorrow.htm">What defines Godly Sorrow?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/habakkuk/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Bite.</span>--This verb <span class= "ital">nashac</span> also means "to oppress with usury," and this is its force here. <span class= "ital">Thy</span> turn shall come, and men shall exact usury from thee. Similarly, the verb translated "vex" is, literally, <span class= "ital">to shake violently,</span> in allusion to a creditor's forcible seizure of his debtor. (Comp. <a href="/matthew/18-28.htm" title="But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that you owe.">Matthew 18:28</a>.) The prediction of Habakkuk in these verses was fulfilled by the rise of the Medo-Persian power, and the capture of Babylon by the forces of Cyrus, cir. B.C. 538.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/habakkuk/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">That shall bite thee.</span> As thou hast cruelly treated others, so shall they, like fierce vipers (<a href="/jeremiah/8-17.htm">Jeremiah 8:17</a>), bite thee. Henderson, Delitzsch, Keil, and others see in the word a <span class="accented">double entendre</span> connected with the meaning of "lending on interest," so the "biting" would signify "exacting a debt with usury." Such a term for usury is not unknown to classical antiquity; thus (quoted by Henderson) Aristoph., 'Nub.,' 12 - <p><span class="greek">Δακόμενος`ΝΛ´Υπὸ τὴς δαπάνης καὶ τῆς φάτνης καὶ τῶν χρεῶν</span> <p><span class="accented">"By the expenditure deep bitten,<br />And by the manger and the debts"</span> Lucan, 'Phars.,' 1:181," Hinc usura vorax, avidumque in tempore faenus." The "biters" rising up suddenly are the Persians who destroyed the Babylonian power as quickly and as unexpectedly as it had arisen. <span class="cmt_word">Vex</span>; literally, <span class="accented">shake violently</span>, like <span class="greek">διασείσητε</span> (<a href="/luke/3-14.htm">Luke 3:14</a>), or like the violent arrest of a creditor (<a href="/matthew/18-28.htm">Matthew 18:28</a>); Septuagint, <span class="greek">οἱ</span> <span class="greek">ἐπίβουλοί σου</span>, "thy plotters;" Vulgate, <span class="accented">lacerantes te</span>. So of the mystic Babylon, her end comes suddenly (<a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10, 17</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Will not</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲל֣וֹא</span> <span class="translit">(hă·lō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your creditors</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹשְׁכֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(nō·šə·ḵe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5391.htm">Strong's 5391: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike with a, sting, to oppress with usury</span><br /><br /><span class="word">suddenly</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶ֗תַע</span> <span class="translit">(p̄e·ṯa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6621.htm">Strong's 6621: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wink, moment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">arise</span><br /><span class="heb">יָק֙וּמוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(yā·qū·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and those who disturb you</span><br /><span class="heb">מְזַעְזְעֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·za‘·zə·‘e·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2111.htm">Strong's 2111: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shake off, to agitate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">awaken?</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִקְצ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yiq·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6974.htm">Strong's 6974: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arise, be awake, watch </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Then you will become</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיִ֥יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their prey.</span><br /><span class="heb">לִמְשִׁסּ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lim·šis·sō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4933.htm">Strong's 4933: </a> </span><span class="str2">Booty, plunder</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Habakkuk 2:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Habakkuk 2:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Habakkuk 2:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Habakkuk 2:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Habakkuk 2:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Habakkuk 2:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Habakkuk 2:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Habakkuk 2:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Habakkuk 2:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Habakkuk 2:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/habakkuk/2-7.htm">OT Prophets: Habakkuk 2:7 Won't your debtors rise up suddenly (Hab Hb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Habakkuk 2:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 2:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Habakkuk 2:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 2:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>