Habakkuk 2:7

bite: or, exact usury.

vex. shake.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall not they rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee? - The destruction of the wicked is ever sudden at last. Such...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Shall (g) they not rise suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall oppress thee, and thou shalt be for booty to them? (g) That is, the Mede...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Woes on the Evil-doer. Habakkuk 2:5 f. Woe on the insatiable conqueror, who treacherously gathers to himself the heritage of all the nations, on...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet proceeds with the subject which we have already begun to explain; for he introduces here the common taunts against the king of Baby...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? Shall they not rise up...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? Shall they not...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Faith Triumphant 1-4. The view from the watchtower. 1 . The prophet climbs his tower, for he must reach a vantage point, if he is to contemplate...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(6-8) Woe on the reckless rapacity which has spared neither life nor property.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(6-20) The destruction of the Chaldæans has hitherto been only implied. It is now plainly foretold in a denunciatory song, put into the mouths of the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bite. — This verb nâshac also means “to oppress with usury,” and this is its force here. Thy turn shall come, and men shall exact usury from th...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 1:1-17 Habakkuk 1:2-17 ; Habakkuk 2:1-4 (or 8) Yet it is the first piece which raises the most difficult questions. All admit that it...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 2:1-20 Habakkuk 2:5-20 The dramatic piece Habakkuk 1:2-17 ; Habakkuk 2:1-4 is succeeded by a series of fine taunt-songs, starting a...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Just Shall Live by Faith” Habakkuk 2:1-20 Having prayed, the prophet expected an answer and looked out for it. When it came, there would b...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The proclamations fall into two parts. The first is concerned with the "puffed up," the second concerns the righteous. The "puffed up" are described...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What vision is this? The whole prophecy of Isaiah is called a vision. Isaiah 1:1 . And that we know to have been concerning the Lord Jesus and his g...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Shall not they rise up suddenly that shall bite thee ,.... Or, "thy usurers", or "creditors" d, as some render it; the Christians, whose money, good...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? Ver. 7. Shall they n...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee? Is it not just, or what thou deservest, that others should suddenly rise against thee, and bi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment Predicted; Judgment of the King of Babylon. B. C. 600....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall they not? this question doth more fully ascertain the thing. Rise up; either grow up, or else, as men who resolve to do a thing thoroughly, g...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The First Woe ( Habakkuk 2:6-8 ). Habakkuk 2:6-8 ‘Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, saying...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Habakkuk 2:1 . I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Introduction and the First Woe
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, the Hebrew having a play upon words between the bite of a snake and the interest which the usur...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; Daniel 5:25-31 ; Ecclesiastes 10:8 ; Isaiah 13:1-5 ; Isaiah 13:16-18 ; Isaiah 21:2-9 ; Isaiah 41:25 ; Isaiah 45:1-3 ;...

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Related Commentaries of Habakkuk 2:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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