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“Look at the proud!
    They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.
    But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.[a]
Wealth[b] is treacherous,
    and the arrogant are never at rest.
They open their mouths as wide as the grave,[c]
    and like death, they are never satisfied.
In their greed they have gathered up many nations
    and swallowed many peoples.

“But soon their captives will taunt them.
    They will mock them, saying,
‘What sorrow awaits you thieves!
    Now you will get what you deserve!
You’ve become rich by extortion,
    but how much longer can this go on?’

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Footnotes

  1. 2:3b-4 Greek version reads If the vision is delayed, wait patiently, / for it will surely come and not delay. / I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away. / But the righteous person will live by my faith. Compare Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11; Heb 10:37-38.
  2. 2:5a As in Dead Sea Scroll 1QpHab; other Hebrew manuscripts read Wine.
  3. 2:5b Hebrew as Sheol.

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