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.”
Woe to the Chaldeans
6 Shall not all these (E)take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,
(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.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness
- Habakkuk 2:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth
- Habakkuk 2:5 The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain
Habakkuk 2:4-14
New International Version
4 “See, the enemy is puffed up;
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person(A) will live by his faithfulness[a](B)—
5 indeed, wine(C) betrays him;
he is arrogant(D) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
and like death is never satisfied,(E)
he gathers to himself all the nations
and takes captive(F) all the peoples.
6 “Will not all of them taunt(G) him with ridicule and scorn, saying,
“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
and makes himself wealthy by extortion!(H)
How long must this go on?’
7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
Then you will become their prey.(I)
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
the peoples who are left will plunder you.(J)
For you have shed human blood;(K)
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.(L)
9 “Woe to him who builds(M) his house by unjust gain,(N)
setting his nest(O) on high
to escape the clutches of ruin!
10 You have plotted the ruin(P) of many peoples,
shaming(Q) your own house and forfeiting your life.
11 The stones(R) of the wall will cry out,
and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.
12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed(S)
and establishes a town by injustice!
13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined
that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,(T)
that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?(U)
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory(V) of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.(W)
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:4 Or faith
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