The Meaning of Habakkuk 2:10 Explained

Habakkuk 2:10

KJV: Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

YLT: Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful is thy soul.

Darby: Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thine own soul.

ASV: Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.

Discover Habakkuk 2:10

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Habakkuk 2:10?

MEANING: What does Habakkuk 2:10 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Habakkuk 2:10 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Habakkuk 2:10?

What is the context of Habakkuk 2:10?

Judgment on Those who Think They are Safe (Habakkuk 2:9-11)
The Five Woe Oracles (Habakkuk 2:6-20)
Woe to the Chaldeans (Habakkuk 2:6-20)
Woe to the Wicked (Habakkuk 2:5-20)
The Lord’s Second Reply (Habakkuk 2:2-20)
The Lord’s Answer (Habakkuk 2:2-20)
The Righteous Will Live by Faith (Habakkuk 2:1-20)
God Answers the Prophet (Habakkuk 2:1-20)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul.

What does Habakkuk 2:10 Mean?

Verse Meaning

It was shameful for the Babylonians to destroy other peoples (cf. Habakkuk 2:5; Habakkuk 2:8). By doing so they were sinning against themselves. That Isaiah , they were doing something that would eventually bring destruction on themselves.

Context Summary

Habakkuk 2:1-20 - "the Just Shall Live By Faith"

Having prayed, the prophet expected an answer and looked out for it. When it came, there would be no mistaking it. But until we see eye to eye, we must live by simple faith in God. Note that wonderful clause in Habakkuk 2:4, which is referred to so often afterward. See Romans 1:17; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 3:11. Life in this age, as in that, may be obtained and maintained by faith in the ever-living God. Through long waiting-times the only source of continued life is the faith which draws all from God. From Habakkuk 2:5 onwards, the prophet enumerates Babylon's sins: her pride, love of strong drink, rapacity, and violence. It could not be God's will that the mighty city should flourish on the anguish of the world.

From scenes of anarchy and riot which foretell Chaldea's doom, we pass into Jehovah's temple, where peaceful silence reigns! Let us live in that secret place! "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Habakkuk 2

¹ Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shown that he must wait by faith
⁵ The judgment upon the Chaldean for unsatiableness,
⁹ for covetousness,
¹² for cruelty,
¹⁵ for drunkenness,
¹⁸ and for idolatry

What do the individual words in Habakkuk 2:10 mean?

You give counsel shameful to your house Cutting off peoples many and sin [against] your soul

יָעַ֥צְתָּ בֹּ֖שֶׁת לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָ קְצוֹת־ עַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים וְחוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁךָ

יָעַ֥צְתָּ	You give counsel
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: יׄועֵץ Sense: to advise, consult, give counsel, counsel, purpose, devise, plan.
בֹּ֖שֶׁת	shameful
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: בֹּשֶׁת Sense: shame.
לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָ	to your house
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
קְצוֹת־	Cutting off
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: קָצָה Sense: to cut off.
עַמִּ֥ים	peoples
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
רַבִּ֖ים	many
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: רַב Sense: much, many, great.
וְחוֹטֵ֥א	and sin
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: חָטָא Sense: to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ	[against] your soul
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.

What are the major concepts related to Habakkuk 2:10?

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