Habakkuk 2:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י חֲמַ֤ס לְבָנוֹן֙ יְכַסֶּ֔ךָּ וְשֹׁ֥ד בְּהֵמ֖וֹת יְחִיתַ֑ן מִדְּמֵ֤י אָדָם֙ וַחֲמַס־אֶ֔רֶץ קִרְיָ֖ה וְכָל־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃ ס

Transliteration

For ḥămas lĕbānôn yĕkassekā and šōd bĕhēmôt yĕḥîtan, from dĕmēy ʾādām and ḥămas-ʾereṣ qiryâ and all yōšĕbēy in her.

Grammar Details

*ḥămas*: noun, masculine, singular construct - violence of
*lĕbānôn*: proper noun - Lebanon
*yĕkassekā*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - it will cover you
*šōd*: noun, masculine, singular construct - destruction of
*bĕhēmôt*: noun, feminine, plural - beasts
*yĕḥîtan*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine plural suffix - it will terrify them
*dĕmēy*: noun, masculine, plural construct - bloods of
*ʾādām*: noun, masculine, singular - mankind
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine, singular - land/earth
*qiryâ*: noun, feminine, singular - city
*yōšĕbēy*: verb, qal participle, masculine plural construct - inhabitants of

Word Meanings

*ḥămas lĕbānôn*: violence done to Lebanon/destruction of Lebanon
*šōd bĕhēmôt*: destruction of beasts/devastation of animals
*yĕḥîtan*: will terrify them/will shatter them/will dismay them

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Referenced Verses

Hab 2:8 : 8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.
Zech 11:1 : 1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
Ps 137:8 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
Prov 28:17 : 17 A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; Let no man stay him.
Jer 50:28 : 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Jer 50:33-34 : 33 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all that took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jer 51:24 : 24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah.
Jer 51:34-37 : 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out. 35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 36 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry. 37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Rev 18:20-24 : 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her. 21 And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all. 22 And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft, shall be found any more at all in thee; and the voice of a mill shall be heard no {G3361} more at all in thee; 23 and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.

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