SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:17
Porque la rapiña del Líbano caerá sobre ti, y la destrucción de las fieras lo quebrantará; a causa de la sangre humana, y del robo de la tierra, de las ciudades, y de todos los que en ellas moraban.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 2:17
Verse 17. For the violence of Lebanon] Or, the violence done to Lebanon; to men, to cattle, to Judea, and to Jerusalem. See the note on the parallel place, ver. 8. This may be a threatening against Egypt, as the former was against Chaldea.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee , etc.] Lebanon was a mountain on the borders of the land of Israel, from whence cedar wood was brought, of which the temple was built, and for that reason is sometimes so called, as in ( Zechariah 11:1) and so the Targum and Jarchi interpret it, “the violence of the house of the sanctuary shall cover thee;” and this was a type of the church of Christ, the violence of which is that which is offered to it, and which it suffers; and designs all the injuries, oppressions, and persecutions of it by the Papists; who shall be surrounded with the judgments of God, and covered with his wrath and vengeance for the violence done to his people, as a man is covered with a garment: or else the sense is, that the same, or a like judgment, should come upon them, as did on Lebanon, or the material temple of Jerusalem, which with great force and violence destroyed it; as that was consumed by fire for the sins of the Jews in rejecting Christ and persecuting his people, so shall Rome be burnt with fire for the opposition of the inhabitants of it to Christ, and the injuries they have done to his church and people: and the spoil of beasts, [which] made them afraid ; or, “the spoil of the beasts” shall cover thee, which “made them afraid”; we read of two beasts, one rising out of the sea, and the other out of the earth; and both design the pope of Rome in different capacities, as considered in his secular and ecclesiastical power; and the spoil he has made of those that oppose him, the calamities of fire and sword he has brought upon them, are what have greatly terrified the sheep of Christ; but for all the spoil and havoc he has made, the judgments of God shall come upon him on all sides, and utterly destroy him; the beast and false prophet shall be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone; (see Revelation 13:1,11 Revelation 17:8 Revelation 19:20): because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein ; the same that is said in ( Habakkuk 2:8) and here repeated, as respecting another body of men, guilty of the same or like crimes: there Rome Pagan, concerned in the crucifixion of Christ, the desolation of the land of Judea, and city of Jerusalem, and their inhabitants, as well as in persecuting the saints, the citizens of the church of God; here Rome Papal, where our Lord has been crucified again, and his blood, and the efficacy of it, set at nought; the blood of the saints and martyrs of Jesus shed in great abundance, and violent persecutions of the churches of Christ, and the members of them; for all which the above judgments shall come upon them; (see Revelation 11:8 Revelation 18:24).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-20 - A severe woe is pronounced against drunkenness; it is very fearfu against all who are guilty of drunkenness at any time, and in an place, from the stately palace to the paltry ale-house. To give on drink who is in want, who is thirsty and poor, or a weary traveller, or ready to perish, is charity; but to give a neighbour drink, that he ma expose himself, may disclose secret concerns, or be drawn into a ba bargain, or for any such purpose, this is wickedness. To be guilty of this sin, to take pleasure in it, is to do what we can towards the murder both of soul and body. There is woe to him, and punishmen answering to the sin. The folly of worshipping idols is exposed. The Lord is in his holy temple in heaven, where we have access to him in the way he has appointed. May we welcome his salvation, and worship his in his earthly temples, through Christ Jesus, and by the influence of the Holy Spirit __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
כי 3588 חמס 2555 לבנון 3844 יכסך 3680 ושׁד 7701 בהמות 929 יחיתן 2865 מדמי 1818 אדם 120 וחמס 2555 ארץ 776 קריה 7151 וכל 3605 ישׁבי׃ 3427
