Habakkuk 2:7
“Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?”
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Read Full Chapter →Suddenly the conqueror's victims will rise up against him, and the plunderer will himself become plunder.
What Does Habakkuk 2:7 Mean?
The first woe presses its point. Those whom Babylon oppressed will rise up suddenly — biting back, awakening to trouble their oppressor — and the great plunderer will become plunder himself. The creditor becomes the debtor; the predator becomes the prey.
There is a moral symmetry at work that runs all through Scripture: what a person sows, he reaps. The empire that gathered nations as spoil will be gathered as spoil in turn. This is not random fate but the just ordering of a world governed by God. For the oppressed who wait, it is quiet assurance that tyranny carries an expiration date written by heaven. For the oppressor, it is sober warning. The God who sees keeps the accounts, and He settles them in His time.