He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
Habakkuk 2:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Won't your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Shall [your debtors] not rise up suddenly who shall bite you, exacting usury of you, and those awake who will vex you [toss you to and fro and make you tremble violently]? Then you will be booty for them. American Standard Version (1901) Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them? Common English Bible Won’t they suddenly rise up to bite you? Those who frighten you will awaken; you will become plunder for them. Catholic Public Domain Version Shall they not suddenly rise up, who would bite you, and be stirred up, who would tear you, so that you will be a prey for them? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee: and they be stirred up that shall tear thee, and thou shalt be a spoil to them? |
He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
The envy also of Efrayim will depart, and those who persecute Yehudah will be cut off. Efrayim won't envy Yehudah, and Yehudah won't persecute Efrayim.
*I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.
Therefore shall evil come on you; you shall not know the dawning of it: and mischief shall fall on you; you shall not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don't know.
Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: the LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Madai; because his purpose is against Bavel, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is the LORD of Armies.
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says the LORD.
For when they are saying, *Peace and safety,* then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.