Habakkuk 2:8

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You have stolen things from many nations. So those people will take much from you. You have killed many people. You have destroyed lands and cities. You have killed all the people there.

Cross References

Psalm 137:8

Babylon, you will be destroyed!\par Bless the man who gives you\par the punishment you should get.\par Bless the man who hurts you\par like you hurt us.\par

Proverbs 22:23

The Lord is on their side. He supports them and he will take things away from any person that takes from them.

Isaiah 33:1

Look, you people make war and steal things from people, and those people never stole anything from you. You turn against people, and those people never turned against you. So when you stop stealing, other people will begin stealing from you. When you stop turning against people, other people will start turning against you.

Isaiah 33:4

You people stole things in war. Those things will be taken from you. Many, many people will come and take your wealth. It will be like the times when locusts {\cf2\super [298]} come and eat all your crops.

Isaiah 47:6

“I was angry at my people.\par Those people belong to me,\par but I was angry,\par so I made them not important.\par I gave them to you,\par and you punished them.\par But you showed no mercy to them.\par You made even the old people\par work hard.\par

Jeremiah 27:7

All nations will serve Nebuchadnezzar and his son and his grandson. Then the time will come for Babylon to be defeated. Many nations and great kings will make Babylon their servant.

Jeremiah 30:16

Those nations destroyed you,\par but now they have been destroyed.\par Israel and Judah,\par your enemies will become captives. {\cf2\super [240]} \par Those people stole things from you.\par But other people will steal from them.\par Those people took things from you in war.\par But other people will take things\par from them in war.\par

Jeremiah 50:14

“Prepare for war against Babylon.\par All you soldiers with bows,\par shoot your arrows at Babylon.\par Don’t save any of your arrows.\par Babylon has sinned against the Lord.\par

Jeremiah 50:28

People are running out of Babylon.\par They are escaping from that country\par and coming to Zion {\cf2\super [412]} .\par They are telling everyone the good news\par about what the Lord is doing.\par The Lord is giving Babylon\par the punishment it deserves.\par The Lord is destroying Babylon,\par because it destroyed his temple!\par

Jeremiah 50:37

Sword, kill the horses and chariots of Babylon.\par Sword, kill all the soldiers hired\par from other countries.\par Those soldiers will be\par like frightened women.\par Sword, destroy the treasures of Babylon.\par Those treasures will be taken away.\par

Jeremiah 51:13

Babylon, you live near much water.\par You are rich with treasures.\par But your end as a nation has come.\par It is time for you to be destroyed.\par

Jeremiah 51:24

But I will pay Babylon back.\par I will pay all the Babylonian people back.\par I will pay them back for all the bad things\par that they did to Zion. {\cf2\super [421]} \par I will pay them back so that you can see it, Judah.”\par The Lord said those things.\par

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish the false god Bel {\cf2\super [428]} in Babylon.\par I will make him vomit out the people\par that he swallowed.\par The wall around Babylon will fall.\par And other nations will stop coming\par to Babylon.\par

Jeremiah 51:48

Then heaven and earth and all that is in them\par will shout with joy about Babylon.\par They will shout because\par an army came from the north\par and fought against Babylon.”\par The Lord said these things.\par

Jeremiah 51:8

But Babylon will suddenly fall\par and be broken.\par Cry for her!\par Get medicine for her pain!\par Maybe she can be healed!\par

Ezekiel 28:16

Your business brought you \{many riches\}.\par But they also put cruelty inside you.\par And you sinned.\par So I treated you like you were some\par unclean thing—\par I threw you off the mountain of God.\par You were one of the special Cherub angels—\par \{Your wings\} spread over \{my throne\}.\par But I forced you to leave the jewels\par that sparkled like fire.\par

Ezekiel 39:10

They won’t have to gather wood from the fields or chop firewood from the forests because they will use the weapons as firewood. They will take the valuable things from the soldiers that wanted to steal from them. They will take the good things from the soldiers that took good things from them.” The Lord my Master said these things.

Habakkuk 2:10

“You have made plans to destroy many people. But those plans will bring shame to your house. You have done bad things, and you will lose your life.

Habakkuk 2:17

You hurt many people in Lebanon. You stole many animals there. So you will be afraid because of the people that died and because of the bad things you did to that country. You will be afraid because of the things you did to those cities and to the people that lived in those cities.”

Zechariah 1:15

And I am very angry at the nations\par that feel so safe.\par I was a little angry,\par and I used those nations\par to punish my people.\par But those nations caused too much damage.”\par

Zechariah 14:12

But the Lord will punish the nations that fought against Jerusalem. He will send a terrible disease against them. Their skin will begin to rot while the people are still alive. Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

Revelation 6:10

These souls shouted in a loud voice, “Holy and true Lord, how long until you judge the people of the earth and punish them for killing us?”