One who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed— without remedy.
Habakkuk 2:7 - Tree of Life Version Will biting you arise suddenly, and those shaking you awaken, as you will become plunder for them? 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? |
One who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed— without remedy.
Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a fence may be bitten by a snake.
Ephraim’s envy will end, those hostile to Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, and Judah will not harass Ephraim.
“I have stirred up one from the north, and he has come. From the rising of the sun, He will call upon My Name. He will trample rulers as on mortar, like a potter treading clay.”
From the east I am calling a bird of prey, a man for My purpose from a far country. Truly I have spoken; I will bring it to pass; I have planned it; surely I will do it.
But calamity will come upon you. You won’t know how to charm it away. Disaster will fall on you, for which you cannot atone. Catastrophe you cannot foresee will suddenly come upon you.
Sharpen the arrows. Fill the quivers! Adonai has roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon, to destroy it. For it is Adonai’s vengeance, vengeance for His Temple.
“I will intoxicate her officials and sages, her governors, deputies, and warriors, and they will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake.” It is a declaration of the King, whose Name is Adonai-Tzva’ot.
“For I am about to send serpents on you, vipers for which there is no charm, and they will bite you.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
When they are saying, “Shalom and safety,” sudden destruction comes upon them like a woman having birth pains in the womb—there is no way they will escape.