habakkuk 2:10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

habakkuk 2:10 "You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself.

10. Thou hast consulted shame . . . by cutting off many--MAURER, more literally, "Thou hast consulted shame . . . to destroy many," that is, in consulting (determining) to cut off many, thou hast consulted shame to thy house.
sinned against thy soul--that is, against thyself; thou art the guilty cause of thine own ruin (Pr 8:36; 20:2). They who wrong their neighbors, do much greater wrong to their own souls.

habakkuk 2:10 "You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself.

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