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Habakkuk 2:9
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Habakkuk 2:9
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9 The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead.[a]
He does this so he can build his nest way up high
and escape the clutches of disaster.[b]
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:9 tn Heb “Woe [to] the one who profits unjustly by evil unjust gain for his house.” On the term הוֹי (hoy) see the note on the word “dead” in v. 6.
- Habakkuk 2:9 tn Heb “to place his nest in the heights in order to escape from the hand of disaster.” sn Here the Babylonians are compared to a bird, perhaps an eagle, that builds its nest in an inaccessible high place where predators cannot reach it.
Habakkuk 2:10
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Habakkuk 2:10
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10 Your schemes will bring shame to your house.
Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.[a]
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:10 tn Heb “you planned shame for your house, cutting off many nations, and sinning [against] your life.”
Zechariah 5:3
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Zechariah 5:3
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3 The speaker went on to say, “This is a curse[a] traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals[b] will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”
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- Zechariah 5:3 tn The Hebrew word translated “curse” (אָלָה, ʾalah) alludes to the covenant sanctions that attend the violation of God’s covenant with Israel (cf. Deut 29:12, 14, 20-21).
- Zechariah 5:3 sn Stealing and swearing falsely (mentioned later in this verse) are sins against mankind and God respectively and are thus violations of the two major parts of the Ten Commandments. These two stipulations (commandments 8 and 3) represent the whole law.
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