Habakkuk 2:9

"Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it."

Key Reflection

This verse metaphorically describes divine retribution where those nations Israel once oppressed will now turn against them, punishing them for their violent actions. It underscores a cycle of justice where the oppressor becomes the oppressed, reflecting God's judgment on injustice and violence.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house -(or, with accents, “that coveteth covetousness or unjust gain, an evil to his house.”) What man coveteth seems gain, but is evil “to his house” after him, destroying both himself and his whole family or race with him . “That he may set his nest on high,” as an eagle, to which he had likened the Chaldee (Habakkuk 1:8. CompareJeremiah 20:16).

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