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Habakkuk 2

Hab. 2:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Shall not all these take up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
a parable
mashal (Hebrew #4912)
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
KJV usage: byword, like, parable, proverb.
Pronounce: maw-shawl'
Origin: apparently from 4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action
against him, and a taunting
mliytsah (Hebrew #4426)
an aphorism; also a satire
KJV usage: interpretation, taunting.
Pronounce: mel-ee-tsaw'
Origin: from 3887
proverb
chiydah (Hebrew #2420)
a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
KJV usage: dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
Pronounce: khee-daw'
Origin: from 2330
against him, and say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, σWoe
howy (Hebrew #1945)
oh!
KJV usage: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Pronounce: hoh'ee
Origin: a prolonged form of 1930 (akin to 188)
to him that increaseth
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth
kabad (Hebrew #3513)
a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
KJV usage: abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, X be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, X more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.
Pronounce: kaw-bad'
Origin: or kabed {kaw-bade'}
himself with thick clay
`abtiyt (Hebrew #5671)
something pledged, i.e. (collectively) pawned goods
KJV usage: thick clay (by a false etym.).
Pronounce: ab-teet'
Origin: from 5670
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or, Ho, he.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Num. 23:7,18• 7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
 18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: (Num. 23:7,18)
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Isa. 14:4‑19• 4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
 5The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
 6He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
 7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
 8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
 9Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
 10All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
 11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
 12How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
 13For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
 15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
 16They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
 17That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
 18All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
 19But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. (Isa. 14:4‑19)
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Jer. 29:22• 22And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; (Jer. 29:22)
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Jer. 50:13• 13Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. (Jer. 50:13)
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Ezek. 32:21• 21The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. (Ezek. 32:21)
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Mic. 2:4• 4In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields. (Mic. 2:4)
Woe to him.
or, Ho, he.
that increaseth.
Hab. 1:9‑10,15• 9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
 10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
 15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. (Hab. 1:9‑10,15)
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Job 20:15‑29• 15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
 16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
 17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
 18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
 19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
 20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
 21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
 22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
 23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
 24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
 25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
 26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
 27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
 28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
 29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. (Job 20:15‑29)
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Job 22:6‑10• 6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
 7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
 8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
 9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
 10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; (Job 22:6‑10)
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Prov. 22:16• 16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. (Prov. 22:16)
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Jer. 51:34‑35• 34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
 35The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. (Jer. 51:34‑35)
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James 5:1‑4• 1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
 2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
 3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
 4Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. (James 5:1‑4)
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Psa. 94:3• 3Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? (Psa. 94:3)
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Luke 12:20• 20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? (Luke 12:20)
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1 Cor. 7:29‑31• 29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
 30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
 31And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. (1 Cor. 7:29‑31)
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1 Peter 4:7• 7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. (1 Peter 4:7)
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Hab. 2:13• 13Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? (Hab. 2:13)
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Isa. 44:20• 20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:20)
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Isa. 55:2• 2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor 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)
• {v.6-8} Here the derisive ode properly begins, or the first stanza....Such is the first woe here pronounced on the enemy for his cruel rapacity without. (“Habakkuk 2” by W. Kelly)
• All these (speaking of the nations that he was gathering unto him). (“Habakkuk 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long?—and to him that loadeth himself with pledgese!

JND Translation Notes

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There is a play on the word, which may also mean "thick clay." So in ver. 7 "bite" may mean "exact usury of." cf. Jer. 8.17; Ezek. 22.12.