Habakkuk 2:4-14

English Standard Version

⁴ “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
    but ^(A)the righteous shall live by his faith.^[a]

⁵ “Moreover, wine^[b] is ^(B)a traitor,
    an arrogant man who is never at rest.^[c]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
    like death ^(C)he has never enough.
^(D)He gathers for himself all nations
    and collects as his own all peoples.”

^(F)“Woe to him ^(G)who heaps up what is not his own—
    for ^(H)how long?—
    and ^(I)loads himself with pledges!”
^7 (J)Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
    and those awake who will make you tremble?
    Then you will be spoil for them.
^8 (K)Because you have plundered many nations,
    all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
^(L)for the blood of man and ^(M)violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.

^9 (N)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
    ^(O)to ^(P)set his nest on high,
    to be safe from the reach of harm!
¹⁰ You have devised shame for your house
    ^(Q)by cutting off many peoples;
    you have forfeited your life.
¹¹ For ^(R)the stone will cry out from the wall,
    and the beam from the woodwork respond.

^12 (S)“Woe to him ^(T)who builds a town with blood
    and founds a city on iniquity!
¹³ Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
    that ^(U)peoples labor merely for fire,
    and nations weary themselves for nothing?
^14 (V)For the earth will be filled
    with the knowledge of ^(W)the glory of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.