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Habakkuk 2:5 KJV
Habakkuk · chapter 2 · verse 5
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:Habakkuk 2:5 · King James Version
Habakkuk 2:5 in context
3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
4Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
5Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- transgressethbâgadto coverH898 →
- enlargethrâchabto broadenH7337 →
- satisfiedsâbaʻto sateH7646 →
- gatherethʼâçaphto gather for any purposeH622 →
- desirenepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- proudyâhîyrelatedH3093 →
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The prophet having had orders to write the vision, and the people to wait for the accomplishment of it, the vision itself follows; and it is, as divers other prophecies we have met with, the burden of Babylon and Babylon's king, the same that was said to pass over and offend, Hab 1:11.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-14