Habakkuk 2:7
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Context
This verse from Habakkuk Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Habakkuk waits at his watchtower for God's answer. The famous reply: 'the righteous shall live by his faith.' Five woes follow against the wicked conqueror who heaps up plunder, builds cities with blood, and puts neighbors to shame by exposing …
Other Translations
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?
Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?
Will not your creditors suddenly be moved against you, and your troublers get up from their sleep, and you will be to them like goods taken in war?
Cross References
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way …
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him: he will …
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; …
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have …
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that …
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; …
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he …
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is …
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: …