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Habakkuk 2:13

Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

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ASV

Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

KJV

Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲל֣וֹאha.Lo'¿ [is it] notH3808 →
הִנֵּ֔הhi.Nehthere!H2009 →
מֵאֵ֖תme.'Etfrom withH854 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
וְיִֽיגְע֤וּve.yi.ge.'Uso they may laborH3021 →
עַמִּים֙'a.MimpeoplesH5971 →
בְּדֵי־be.dei-for [the] sufficiency ofH1767 →
אֵ֔שׁ'EshfireH784 →
וּלְאֻמִּ֖יםu.le.'u.Mimand nationsH3816 →
בְּדֵי־be.dei-for [the] sufficiency ofH1767 →
רִ֥יקrikvanityH7385 →
יִעָֽפוּ׃yi.'A.futhey grow wearyH3286 →

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Jeremiah 51:58This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.Isaiah 50:11Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.Ecclesiastes 5:11When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.Isaiah 41:5–8The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.Malachi 1:4Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.Genesis 11:6–9And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.Psalms 127:1–2Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.Job 5:13–14He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.Jeremiah 9:5Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.1 Thessalonians 2:1You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.Ecclesiastes 1:3What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?Ezekiel 24:12It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”Leviticus 26:20and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

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