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Habakkuk 2

Hab. 2:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, is it not of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
that the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
shall labor
yaga` (Hebrew #3021)
properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
KJV usage: faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.
Pronounce: yaw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
in the very
day (Hebrew #1767)
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
KJV usage: able, according to, after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough, from, in, since, (much as is) sufficient(-ly), too much, very, when.
Pronounce: dahee
Origin: of uncertain derivation
fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
, and the people
lom (Hebrew #3816)
from an unused root meaning to gather; a community
KJV usage: nation, people.
Pronounce: leh-ome'
Origin: or l owm {leh-ome'}
shall weary
ya`aph (Hebrew #3286)
to tire (as if from wearisome flight)
KJV usage: faint, cause to fly, (be) weary (self).
Pronounce: yaw-af'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves πfor very
day (Hebrew #1767)
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
KJV usage: able, according to, after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough, from, in, since, (much as is) sufficient(-ly), too much, very, when.
Pronounce: dahee
Origin: of uncertain derivation
vanity
riyq (Hebrew #7385)
emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
KJV usage: empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.
Pronounce: reek
Origin: from 7324
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or, in vain.

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Cross References

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Gen. 11:6‑9• 6And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.
 7Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
 8And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.
 9Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. (Gen. 11:6‑9)
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2 Sam. 15:31• 31And one told David saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then said David, Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. (2 Sam. 15:31)
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Job 5:13‑14• 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
 14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night. (Job 5:13‑14)
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Psa. 39:6• 6Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Psa. 39:6)
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Psa. 127:1‑2• 1A Song of degrees. Of Solomon. Unless Jehovah build the house, in vain do its builders labour in it; unless Jehovah keep the city, the keeper watcheth in vain:
 2It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep. (Psa. 127:1‑2)
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Prov. 21:30• 30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah. (Prov. 21:30)
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Isa. 41:5‑8• 5The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.
 6They helped every one his neighbour, and each said to his brother, Take courage.
 7And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved.
 8But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend (Isa. 41:5‑8)
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Isa. 50:11• 11Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and among the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand: ye shall lie down in sorrow. (Isa. 50:11)
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Isa. 55:2• 2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. (Isa. 55:2)
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Jer. 51:58,64• 58Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly laid bare, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; so that the peoples will have laboured in vain, and the nations for the fire: and they shall be weary.
 64and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise, because of the evil that I will bring upon it: and they shall be weary. Thus far the words of Jeremiah. (Jer. 51:58,64)
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Mal. 1:4• 4If Edom say, We are broken down, but we will build again the ruined places,--thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them the territory of wickedness, and the people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever. (Mal. 1:4)
for very vanity.
or, in vain.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nationsg weary themselves in vainh?

JND Translation Notes

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Leummim, Ps. 2.1.
h
Or "to no purpose." see Jer. 51.58; Isa. 30.7.