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Habakkuk 2:9 KJV
Habakkuk · chapter 2 · verse 9
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!Habakkuk 2:9 · King James Version
Habakkuk 2:9 in context
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.
9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- covetousnessbetsaʻplunderH1215 →
- deliverednâtsalto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337 →
- covetethbâtsaʻfiguratively, to finish, or stopH1214 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- powerkaphthe hollow hand or palmH3709 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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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