Habakkuk 2:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You destroyed trees and animals on Mount Lebanon; you were ruthless to towns and people everywhere. Now you will be terrorized.

Cross References

Psalm 137:8

Babylon, you are doomed! I pray the Lord's blessings on anyone who punishes you for what you did to us.

Psalm 55:23

But what about those people who are cruel and brutal? You will throw them down into the deepest pit long before their time. I trust you, LORD!

Proverbs 28:17

Don't give help to murderers! Make them stay on the run for as long as they live.

Jeremiah 50:14

Babylon has rebelled against me. Archers, take your places. Shoot all your arrows at Babylon.

Jeremiah 50:28

The Babylonian army destroyed my temple, but soon I will take revenge. Then refugees from Babylon will tell about it in Zion.

Jeremiah 51:24

But now, my people will watch, while I repay you for what you did to Zion.

Ezekiel 28:16

You traded with other nations and became more and more cruel and evil. So I forced you to leave my mountain, and the creature that had been your protector now chased you away from the gems.

Ezekiel 31:16

This tree will crash to the ground, and I will send it to the world below. Then the nations of the earth will tremble. The trees from Eden and the choice trees from Lebanon are now in the world of the dead, and they will be comforted when this tree falls.

Joel 3:19

Egypt and Edom were cruel and brutal to Judah, without a reason. Now their countries will become a barren desert,

Habakkuk 1:17

Will he keep hauling in his nets and destroying nations without showing mercy?

Habakkuk 2:8

You robbed cities and nations everywhere on earth and murdered their people. Now those who survived will be as cruel to you.

Zechariah 11:1

Lebanon, open your gates! Let the fire come in to destroy your cedar trees.