Habakkuk 2:6

The conquered nations will take up a taunting proverb against Babylon, beginning the first woe against those who pile up stolen wealth. It announces that the oppressor will become an object of mockery and judgment.

Cross-references · 21

• Jer 29:22And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
• Job 20:15–29He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
• Isa 14:4–19That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
• Mic 2:4In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
• Jer 50:13Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
• Num 23:7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
• Ezek 32:21The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
• Hab 1:9–10They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
• Hab 1:15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
• Hab 2:13Behold, 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?
• Luke 12:20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
• 1 Cor 7:29–31But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
• Jas 5:1–4Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
• Ps 94:3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
• Num 23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
• 1 Pet 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
• Jer 51:34–35Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
• Prov 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
• Isa 55:2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
• Isa 44:20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Job 22:6–10For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

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