Habakkuk 2:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of 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

Referenced Verses

• Hab 2:8 : 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of 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, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.
• Ps 137:8 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
• Prov 28:17 : 17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to 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 the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
• Jer 50:33-34 : 33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, 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 the LORD.
• 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 swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, 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 upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. 37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
• Rev 18:20-24 : 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 23 And the light of a candle 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 great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.