Habakkuk 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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 suddenly - the answer to the question, "how long?" (Habakkuk 2:6).

That shall bite thee - "bite" х naashak (H5391)], often used of usury, so favouring Lee's rendering (Habakkuk 2:6). As the Chaldean, like an usurer, oppressed others, so other nations shall, like usurers, take pledges of, i:e., spoil, him.

Habakkuk 2:7

7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?