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.
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, …
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of …
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: …
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is …
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he …
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; …