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Habakkuk 2:6 KJV
Habakkuk · chapter 2 · verse 6
Shall 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!Habakkuk 2:6 · King James Version
Habakkuk 2:6 in context
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?
8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- increasethrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- tauntingmᵉlîytsâhan aphorismH4426 →
- parablemâshâlproperly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical natureH4912 →
- proverbchîydâha puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maximH2420 →
- ladethkâbadto be heavyH3513 →
- sayʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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