Habakkuk 2:18

"For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals will terrify you, because of men’s blood and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them."

Key Reflection

This verse speaks of judgment coming upon a people due to their violent actions. The destruction of both natural resources (Lebanon) and animal life symbolizes the broader devastation inflicted upon the land, its inhabitants, and even those within the cities, highlighting the interconnectedness of violence against nature and humanity in God's reckoning.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

What profiteth -(Hathprofited)הועילמה. Samuel warned them, “Serve the Lord with all your heart, and turn ye not aside; for (it would be) after vanities which will not profit nor deliver for they are vain:” and Jeremiah tells their past; “their prophets prophesied by Baal; and after thingsיועילילאwhich profit not, have they gone.” Elsewhere the idol is spoken of as a thing “which will not profit” (future) “My people hath changed its gloryיועילבלאfor that which profiteth not,”Jeremiah 2:8,Jeremiah 2:11. So Isaiah, “Who hath formed a god,הועיללבלתיnot to profit.”Isaiah 44:9.Isaiah 44:10.

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