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Will not [a]your creditors (A)rise up suddenly,
And those who make you tremble awaken?
Indeed, you will become spoil for them.
Because you have (B)taken many nations as spoil,
All that is left of the peoples will take you as spoil—
Because of human bloodshed and violence [b]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

“Woe to him who is greedy for (C)evil gain for his house
To (D)put his nest on high,
To be delivered from the hand of evil!

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:7 Lit those who bite you
  2. Habakkuk 2:8 Lit of the land

Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
    Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
    Then you will become their prey.(A)
Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.(B)
For you have shed human blood;(C)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.(D)

“Woe to him who builds(E) his house by unjust gain,(F)
    setting his nest(G) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!

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