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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• 7{i}And he took up his parable, and said,{HR}Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram,{HR}From the mountains of the east:{HR}{/i}Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
 18{i}Then he took up his parable and said{/i},{HR}Rise up, Balak, and hear;{HR}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 parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!
 5Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers.
 6He that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, hath a persecution without restraint.
 7The whole earth is at rest—is quiet: they break forth into singing.
 8Yea, the cypresses rejoice at thee, the cedars of Lebanon, [saying,] Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
 9Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming; it stirreth up the giants for thee, all the chief ones of the earth, raising up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
 10All of them shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
 11Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the worm is spread under thee, and vermin covereth thee.
 12How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!
 13And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses 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 Sheol, to the recesses of the pit.
 16They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, they shall consider thee, [saying,] [Is] this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
 17[that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [that] let not loose his prisoners to their home?
 18All kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
 19But thou art cast out from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain—those thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under foot. (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, Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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• 4{i}In that day shall they take up a proverb concerning you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! He hath distributed our fields to the rebellious.{/i} (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• 15Wealth hath he swallowed, and shall disgorge it:{HR}God will eject it again out of his belly.
 16He shall suck the poison of asps:{HR}The tongue of the viper shall slay him.
 17He shall not gaze on rivulets,{HR}Flowings of streams of honey and butter.
 18What he laboured for, he shall restore, and not swallow.{HR}As the property his exchange, and he rejoiceth not,
 19For he crushed, abandoned, the poor,{HR}Seized a house, and built it not;
 20For he knew no rest in his belly;{HR}He shall not escape with his desirable thing,
 21There is no remnant of his eating.{HR}Therefore his prosperity endureth not.
 22In the fullness of his superfluity he is straitened,{HR}Every hand of a wretch shall be upon him.
 23That it may be to the filling of his belly,{HR}He shall send against him the burning of his anger,{HR}And rain upon him with his food.
 24He fleeth from a weapon of iron,{HR}A bow of copper pierceth him through;
 25It is drawn, and it cometh out of the body,{HR}And the glittering sword proceedeth out of his gall:{HR}Upon him [are] terrors.
 26All darkness [is] hid for his treasures,{HR}A fire not blown consumeth him;{HR}It shall fare ill with what is left in his tent.
 27The heavens reveal his iniquity,{HR}And the earth riseth up against him.
 28The increase of his house departeth,{HR}Things that ran away in the day of his anger.
 29This [is] the portion of the wicked man from God [Elohim],{HR}And the heritage of his sentence from God [El]. (Job 20:15‑29)
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Job 22:6‑10• 6For thou distrainedst thy brother without cause,{HR}And didst strip off the clothes of the naked;
 7To the weary thou gavest no water,{HR}And from the hungry didst withhold bread.
 8And the man of might — his was the land,{HR}And the accepted of face dwelleth in it.
 9Widows didst thou send empty away,{HR}And the arms of the fatherless were broken.
 10Therefore round about thee [are] snares,{HR}And sudden fear overpowereth thee. (Job 22:6‑10)
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Prov. 22:16• 16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [wealth],{HR}He that giveth to the rich, surely [cometh] only 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• 1Come then, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on.
 2Your wealth is corrupted, and your garments are become moth-eaten.
 3Your gold and [your] silver are rusted through, and their rust shall be for a witness to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye laid up treasure in [the] last days.
 4Behold, the hire of the labourers who reaped your fields, that is kept back of you crieth out, and the cries of those that reaped entered into the ears of Jehovah of hosts. (James 5:1‑4)
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Psa. 94:3• 3Jehovah, how long shall the wicked,{HR}How long shall the wicked triumph? (Psa. 94:3)
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Luke 12:20• 20But God said unto him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared? (Luke 12:20)
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1 Cor. 7:29‑31• 29But this I say, brethren, the season is straitened: henceforth that both those that have wives be as having none,
 30and those that weep as weeping not, and those that rejoice as rejoicing not, and those that buy as possessing not,
 31and those that use the world as not using [it] for themselves; for the fashion of the world passeth away. (1 Cor. 7:29‑31)
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1 Peter 4:7• 7But the end of all things hath drawn nigh. Be discreet therefore and watch unto prayers, (1 Peter 4:7)
ladeth.
Hab. 2:13• 13Behold, is it not of the Jehovah of hosts that the people shall labour 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 weigh 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)
• {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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Shall not all thesea take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with many pledgesb!

WK Translation Notes

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The nations that he was gathering unto him.
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So it would seem most naturally to mean. The reduplication of the word expresses increase either of degree or of number. So Drs. Lee and Henderson understand. The KJV, with Luther, and others, interprets like the Syriac and Vulgate. The Jewish commentators too are divided. It is hard to see any tolerable sense in the version as it stands.