Habakkuk 2:10
Thou hast consulted oshame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
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Proverbs 22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Psalms 52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Isaiah 14:19-14:22 19. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. 20. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. 21. Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 22. For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
Psalms 28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
it is a general and comprehensive threat against all tyrants and oppressors. To him; every one that is guilty of the sin.
or driveth a trade of oppression, to gain by what means soever, right or wrong. This is evil of sin, and will end in evil of trouble.
his family, which he would enrich and greaten by raising it on the ruins of oppressed innocents.
a proverbial speech, in allusion to birds of prey, which build their nests in the greatest heights, Ob 4. Greatness and an advanced estate gotten by rapine and prey may seem, but never can be, a security to any monarch.
higher than God and justice set him.
kept secure, and out of danger from all below him.
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,
shame; hast mistaken thy measures, thoughtest to advance thy glory, and to illustrate thy name; but it is in very deed the shame of thy reign that it hath been bloody.
or family, thy royal family.
destroying and impoverishing multitudes of men and cities.
it was thy sin, whatever thou didst think of it.
or life of thy person, and posterity, this blood and cruelty will surely ruin thy house.
Heb. from the palm of the hand of evil, that no evil may fasten on, though it may attempt against them.
it is a general and comprehensive threat against all tyrants and oppressors. To him; every one that is guilty of the sin.
or driveth a trade of oppression, to gain by what means soever, right or wrong. This is evil of sin, and will end in evil of trouble.
his family, which he would enrich and greaten by raising it on the ruins of oppressed innocents.
a proverbial speech, in allusion to birds of prey, which build their nests in the greatest heights, Ob 4. Greatness and an advanced estate gotten by rapine and prey may seem, but never can be, a security to any monarch.
higher than God and justice set him.
kept secure, and out of danger from all below him.
Heb. from the palm of the hand of evil, that no evil may fasten on, though it may attempt against them.