The Meaning of Habakkuk 2:7 Explained

Habakkuk 2:7

KJV: Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

YLT: Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?

Darby: Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and they awake up that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

ASV: Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?

Discover Habakkuk 2:7

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Habakkuk 2:7?

MEANING: What does Habakkuk 2:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Habakkuk 2:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Habakkuk 2:7?

What is the context of Habakkuk 2:7?

Judgment on the Plunderer of Nations (Habakkuk 2:6-8)
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

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

What does Habakkuk 2:7 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Those from whom Babylon had stolen would surely rise up and rebel when they woke up to what was going on. Then they would turn the tables and Babylon would become plunder for them. This happened when the Medes and Persians rose up and overthrew Babylon in539 B.C.

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 2:7 mean?

will not suddenly rise up your creditors and will they not awaken who oppress you and you will become booty their

הֲל֣וֹא פֶ֗תַע יָק֙וּמוּ֙ נֹשְׁכֶ֔יךָ וְיִקְצ֖וּ מְזַעְזְעֶ֑יךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ לִמְשִׁסּ֖וֹת לָֽמוֹ

הֲל֣וֹא	will not
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
פֶ֗תַע	suddenly
Parse: Adverb Root: פֶּתַע Sense: suddenness, in an instant.
יָק֙וּמוּ֙	rise up
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: קוּם Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
נֹשְׁכֶ֔יךָ	your creditors
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular Root: נָשַׁךְ Sense: to bite.
וְיִקְצ֖וּ	and will they not awaken
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: קוּץ Sense: to awake, wake up.
מְזַעְזְעֶ֑יךָ	who oppress you
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular Root: זוּעַ Sense: to tremble, quiver, quake, be in terror.
וְהָיִ֥יתָ	and you will become
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לִמְשִׁסּ֖וֹת	booty
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural Root: מְשִׁסָּה Sense: booty, spoil, plunder.

What are the major concepts related to Habakkuk 2:7?

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