Habakkuk 2:17

God's Word

The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction done to the animals will terrify you because of the slaughter and violence done to lands, cities, and all their inhabitants.

Cross References

Psalm 137:8

You destructive people of Babylon, blessed is the one who pays you back with the same treatment you gave us.

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will throw ⌞wicked people⌟ into the deepest pit. Bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I will trust you.

Proverbs 28:17

A person burdened with the guilt of murder will be a fugitive down to his grave. No one will help him.

Jeremiah 50:14

“Take up your positions around Babylon, all you archers with bows. Shoot at it; don’t save any arrows, because the people of Babylon have sinned against the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:28

Listen! Fugitives and refugees from Babylon are coming to Zion to tell about the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance for his temple.

Jeremiah 51:24

“In your presence I will pay back Babylon and all the people who live in Babylon for all the evil things that they did in Zion,” declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 28:16

You traded far and wide. You learned to be violent, and you sinned. So I threw you down from God’s mountain in disgrace. The guardian angel forced you out from the fiery stones.

Ezekiel 31:16

I made the nations tremble in fear at the sound of the tree’s crash. I brought the tree down to the grave to join those who had gone down to the pit. Then all the trees in Eden, the choicest and best trees of Lebanon, and all the trees that were well-watered were comforted below the earth.

Joel 3:19

Egypt will become a wasteland. Edom will become a barren desert. This is because the nations were cruel to Judah. They murdered innocent people in their land.

Habakkuk 1:17

Will they keep on emptying their nets and always kill nations without mercy?

Habakkuk 2:8

You have looted many nations. All the rest of the people will loot you because of the slaughter and violence done to lands, cities, and all their inhabitants.

Zechariah 11:1

Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire will be able to burn down your cedars.