Habakkuk 2:6 References
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"Will not all of these atake up a taunt-song against him, Even mockery and insinuations against him And say, 'bWoe to him who increases what is not his-- For how long-- And makes himself rich with loans?'
a Isaiah 14:4-10, Jeremiah 50:13
Isaiah 14
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that you will atake up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, "How bthe oppressor has ceased, And how fury has ceased!
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"The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers
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aWhich used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes, Which subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
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"Even the acypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.'
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"aSheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come; It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
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"aThey will all respond and say to you, 'Even you have been made weak as we, You have become like us.