Habakkuk 2:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

They

Bite

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Jeremiah 8:17

Bible References

They

A man who hardens his neck when reproved shall be suddenly broken, and there will be no healing.

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:

A harsh vision is revealed to me; the deceiver deceives, and the plunderer plunders. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media! I have caused all her sighing to cease.

I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come from the sunrise; he will call on My name. And he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter tramples clay.

So says Jehovah to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have made strong in order to humble nations before him. And I will loosen the loins of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut.

calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country. Yes, I have spoken, I will also cause it to come; I have formed; yes, I will do it.

But evil shall come on you; you shall not know its origin. And mischief shall fall on you; you shall not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come on you suddenly, you shall not know.

Let all of you gather and hear; who among them has declared these things? Jehovah has loved him; He will do His pleasure on Babylon, and His arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it and against the people of Pekod. Waste and destroy after them, says Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded you.

Sharpen the arrows; gather the shields; Jehovah has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of His temple.

And this is the writing that was written, A MINA, A MINA, A SHEKEL, AND HALF-MINAS.

What are you plotting against Jehovah? He will make an utter end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.

For when they shall say, Peace and safety! Then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail upon a woman with child. And they shall not escape.

Bite

He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks a hedge, a snake shall bite him.

For, behold, I will send serpents and adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Jehovah.