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Habakkuk 2:13 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Habakkuk 2:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Habakkuk chapter 2 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? for: or, in vain?”
Habakkuk 2:13 (KJV)
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Commentary on Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? God declares the futility of unjust labor. Is it not of the LORD of hosts (הֲלוֹא הִנֵּה מֵאֵת יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת/halo hinneh me'et YHWH tseva'ot)—this comes from the LORD of armies, the sovereign commander of heaven's forces. That the people shall labour in the very fire (וְיִיגְעוּ עַמִּים בְּדֵי־אֵשׁ/veyig'u ammim bedei-esh)—peoples exhaust themselves only for fire. Their labor produces nothing lasting; it all burns up. בְּדֵי (bedei) means 'enough for' o...
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Cross-References for Habakkuk 2:13
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“and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity”
“There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.”
“all you who kindle a fire”
“Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.,And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.,וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה הֵן עַם אֶחָד וְשָׂפָה אַחַת לְכֻלָּם וְזֶה הַחִלָּם לַעֲשׂוֹת וְעַתָּה לֹא־יִבָּצֵר מֵהֶם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יָזְמוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת׃ ,And the LORD said: Behold”
“We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus says Yahweh of Armies”
“and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach”
“He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.”
“they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city”
“and eat you that which is good”