Habakkuk 2:8
ContextNETBible | Because you robbed many countries, 1 all who are left among the nations 2 will rob you. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, 3 and those who live in them. |
XREF | Ps 137:8; Isa 33:1,4; Isa 47:6; Jer 27:7; Jer 30:16; Jer 50:10,37; Jer 50:11,17,18,28,33,34; Jer 51:8,24,34,35; Jer 51:13,44,48,55,56; Mic 4:11-13; Hab 2:10,17; Hab 2:17; Zec 1:15; Zec 2:8,9; Zec 2:8; Zec 12:2-4; Zec 14:12; Re 6:10; Re 18:20-24 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “nations.” 2 tn Or “peoples.” 3 tn Heb “because of the shed blood of humankind and violence against land, city.” The singular forms אֶרֶץ (’erets, “land”) and קִרְיָה (qiryah, “city”) are collective, referring to all the lands and cities terrorized by the Babylonians. |