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you have forfeited your life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/habakkuk/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/habakkuk/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned <i>against</i> thy soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/habakkuk/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You give shameful counsel to your house, Cutting off many peoples, And sin <i>against</i> your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/habakkuk/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You have planned a shameful thing for your house By bringing many peoples to an end; So you are sinning against yourself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/habakkuk/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/habakkuk/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/habakkuk/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You have counseled a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against your own soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/habakkuk/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off <i>and</i> putting an end to many peoples; So you are sinning against your own life <i>and</i> forfeiting it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/habakkuk/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have planned shame for your house by wiping out many peoples and sinning against your own self.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/habakkuk/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have planned shame for your house by wiping out many peoples and sinning against your own self. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/habakkuk/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/habakkuk/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But you will bring shame on your family and ruin to yourself for what you did to others. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/habakkuk/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou hast consulted shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/habakkuk/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You have planned disgrace for your household by cutting off many people and forfeiting your own life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/habakkuk/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But your schemes have brought shame on your family; by destroying many nations you have only brought ruin on yourself. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/habakkuk/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You have brought shame to yourself by killing many people— you are forfeiting your own life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/habakkuk/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/habakkuk/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/habakkuk/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/habakkuk/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/habakkuk/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/habakkuk/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You have counseled a shameful thing to your house, "" To cut off many peoples, and your soul [is] sinful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/habakkuk/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful is thy soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/habakkuk/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou wilt counsel shame to thy house, cutting off many peoples, and causing thy soul to sin.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/habakkuk/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast devised confusion to thy house, thou hast cut off many people, and thy soul hath sinned. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/habakkuk/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You have devised confusion for your house, you have cut to pieces many peoples, and your soul has sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/habakkuk/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You have devised shame for your household, cutting off many peoples, forfeiting your own life; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/habakkuk/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You have devised shame for your house by cutting off many peoples; you have forfeited your life.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/habakkuk/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You have devised shame to your house, you have plundered many peoples and caused your soul to sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/habakkuk/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You have devised shame for your house! You have plundered many nations and you caused your soul to sin<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/habakkuk/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou hast devised shame to thy house, By cutting off many peoples, And hast forfeited thy life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/habakkuk/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast devised shame to thy house, thou hast utterly destroyed many nations, and thy soul has sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/habakkuk/2-10.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=308" 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">9</span>Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster! <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3289.htm" title="3289: yā·‘aṣ·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To advise, counsel. A primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve.">You have plotted</a> <a href="/hebrew/1322.htm" title="1322: bō·šeṯ (N-fs) -- Shame, shameful thing. From buwsh; shame; by implication an idol.">shame</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lə·ḇê·ṯe·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">for your house</a> <a href="/hebrew/7096.htm" title="7096: qə·ṣō·wṯ- (V-Qal-Inf) -- To cut off. A primitive root; to cut off; to destroy; to scrape off.">by cutting off</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bîm (Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">many</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mîm (N-mp) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">peoples</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: wə·ḥō·w·ṭê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">and forfeiting</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·še·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">your life.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.…<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="/proverbs/8-36.htm">Proverbs 8:36</a></span><br />But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-19.htm">Jeremiah 7:19</a></span><br />But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Isaiah 3:9</a></span><br />The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-31</a></span><br />Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10</a></span><br />Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1-3</a></span><br />Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. / They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance. / Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.<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/22-13.htm">Jeremiah 22:13</a></span><br />“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm">Ezekiel 22:27</a></span><br />Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Isaiah 5:8</a></span><br />Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-5</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a></span><br />But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20</a></span><br />But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/16-26.htm">Matthew 16:26</a></span><br />What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a></span><br />Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You have consulted shame to your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against your soul.</p><p class="hdg">consulted.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/9-26.htm">2 Kings 9:26</a></b></br> Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take <i>and</i> cast him into the plat <i>of ground</i>, according to the word of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/10-7.htm">2 Kings 10:7</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him <i>them</i> to Jezreel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-20.htm">Isaiah 14:20-22</a></b></br> Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, <i>and</i> slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned… </p><p class="hdg">sinned.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-38.htm">Numbers 16:38</a></b></br> The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates <i>for</i> a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/2-23.htm">1 Kings 2:23</a></b></br> Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Proverbs 1:18</a></b></br> And they lay wait for their <i>own</i> blood; they lurk privily for their <i>own</i> lives.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/habakkuk/1-17.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/micah/6-5.htm">Consulted</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-8.htm">Counselled</a> <a href="/nahum/3-15.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/micah/3-3.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/micah/6-5.htm">Devised</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Forfeited</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-16.htm">Life</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/nahum/1-11.htm">Plotted</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/micah/1-11.htm">Shameful</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-15.htm">Shaming</a> <a href="/amos/9-8.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/micah/7-9.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/hosea/11-7.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-4.htm">Soul</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/habakkuk/2-17.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/matthew/12-14.htm">Consulted</a> <a href="/john/18-14.htm">Counselled</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-9.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-4.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/matthew/28-12.htm">Devised</a> <a href="/luke/9-25.htm">Forfeited</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-13.htm">House</a> <a href="/malachi/2-5.htm">Life</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-13.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/matthew/12-14.htm">Plotted</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Shameful</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-21.htm">Shaming</a> <a href="/matthew/26-45.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-17.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/john/5-14.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-8.htm">Soul</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 context of Habakkuk, the "house" refers to the Babylonian empire, which is guilty of pride and oppression. The term "shame" indicates a loss of honor and respect, which is significant in ancient Near Eastern cultures where honor was highly valued. This shame is self-inflicted due to their unjust actions. The Bible often warns against pride and the pursuit of power at the expense of others, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a>, "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall."<p><b>by cutting off many peoples</b><br>This phrase highlights the violent expansion and conquest by the Babylonians, who destroyed nations and peoples to build their empire. The act of "cutting off" implies not just military conquest but also the destruction of cultures and communities. Historically, the Babylonians were known for their brutal military campaigns, which included the siege and destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC. This behavior is condemned throughout Scripture, as God values justice and righteousness over power and conquest. <a href="/isaiah/10.htm">Isaiah 10:1-2</a> speaks against those who enact unjust decrees and rob the poor of their rights.<p><b>and forfeiting your life</b><br>The consequence of the Babylonians' actions is the forfeiture of their own lives, a principle that reflects the biblical theme of reaping what one sows (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a>). This is a prophetic warning that their empire, built on violence and oppression, will ultimately lead to their downfall. The idea of forfeiting life can also be seen as a spiritual principle, where sin leads to death (<a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>). In a broader theological context, this points to the need for redemption and the hope found in Jesus Christ, who offers life through His sacrifice, contrasting the death that comes from sin.<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 upon Judah and the surrounding nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/chaldeans/babylonians.htm">Chaldeans/Babylonians</a></b><br>The empire used by God as an instrument of judgment against Judah, known for their ruthless conquests.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, facing impending judgment due to their disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who communicates with Habakkuk, revealing His plans for justice and righteousness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house.htm">The House</a></b><br>Symbolically represents the dynasty or nation that brings shame upon itself through unjust actions.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_injustice.htm">The Consequences of Injustice</a></b><br><a href="/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Habakkuk 2:10</a> warns against the exploitation and oppression of others, highlighting that such actions lead to shame and destruction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_security.htm">The Illusion of Security</a></b><br>Building a "house" on the foundation of injustice is ultimately futile, as it leads to forfeiting one's life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_justice.htm">God's Sovereign Justice</a></b><br>Despite the apparent success of the wicked, God assures that justice will prevail, and those who plot evil will face consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-reflection_and_repentance.htm">Self-Reflection and Repentance</a></b><br>Believers are called to examine their own lives for any actions that might bring shame or harm to others and to seek repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_righteous_leadership.htm">The Importance of Righteous Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders are especially accountable for their actions, as their decisions can bring either blessing or shame to their people.<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_10_20-23_fit_with_israel's_doom.htm">Isaiah 10:20-23: How do we reconcile this promise of a remnant's survival with other Old Testament passages predicting total destruction of Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_habakkuk_2_8-10's_downfall.htm">(Habakkuk 2:8-10) Is there any clear archaeological or historical record showing the exact downfall described for those who plundered nations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_sources_confirm_1_chr_2_55_kenite_ties.htm">Are there archaeological or historical sources that corroborate the families of scribes mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:55 and their Kenite ties?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_praise_and_worship_differ.htm">How do praise and worship differ in purpose and expression?</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>(10) <span class= "bld">And hast sinned</span> . . .--Literally, <span class= "ital">and sinning in thy soul.</span> All the time the Babylonian oppressor was plundering these peoples he was involving his soul in guilt. (Comp. <a href="/habakkuk/1-11.htm" title="Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power to his god.">Habakkuk 1:11</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/habakkuk/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - The very means he took to secure his power shall prove his ruin. <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast consulted shame to thy house.</span> By thy measures thou hast really determined upon, devised shame and disgrace for thy family; that is the result of all thy schemes, <span class="cmt_word">By cutting off many people</span> (<span class="accented">peoples</span>). This is virtually correct. The verb in the present text is in the infinitive, and may depend upon the verb in the first clause. The versions read the past tense, <span class="greek">συνεπέρανας</span>, <span class="accented">concidisti.</span> So the Chaldee and Syriac. This may be taken as the prophet's explanation of the shameful means employed. <span class="cmt_word">Hast sinned against thy soul</span> (<a href="/proverbs/8-36.htm">Proverbs 8:36</a>; <a href="/proverbs/20-2.htm">Proverbs 20:2</a>). Thou hast endangered thy own life by provoking retribution. The Greek and Latin Versions have, "Thy soul hath sinned." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/habakkuk/2-10.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">You have plotted</span><br /><span class="heb">יָעַ֥צְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·‘aṣ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3289.htm">Strong's 3289: </a> </span><span class="str2">To advise, to deliberate, resolve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shame</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּ֖שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(bō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1322.htm">Strong's 1322: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shame, shameful thing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for your house</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇê·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by cutting off</span><br /><span class="heb">קְצוֹת־</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ṣō·wṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7096.htm">Strong's 7096: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut off, to destroy, to scrape off</span><br /><br /><span class="word">many</span><br /><span class="heb">רַבִּ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(rab·bîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">peoples</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמִּ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sinning</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחוֹטֵ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥō·w·ṭê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[against] your soul.</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·še·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Habakkuk 2:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Habakkuk 2:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Habakkuk 2:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Habakkuk 2:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Habakkuk 2:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Habakkuk 2:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Habakkuk 2:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Habakkuk 2:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Habakkuk 2:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Habakkuk 2:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/habakkuk/2-10.htm">OT Prophets: Habakkuk 2:10 You have devised shame to your house (Hab Hb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Habakkuk 2:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 2:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/habakkuk/2-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Habakkuk 2:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 2:11" /></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>