Habakkuk 2:10 (ASV)

Passage

Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.

Nearby Context

Habakkuk 2:8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men`s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

Habakkuk 2:9 Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

Habakkuk 2:10 Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.

Habakkuk 2:11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Habakkuk 2:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "hast", "devised", "shame", "house", "cutting", and "peoples". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "hast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Woe to him that getteth an evil..." into verse 11's "For the stone shall cry out of...", so "thou" and "hast" belong inside that flow. In Habakkuk context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "hast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.