Habakkuk 2:5–13

⁵and wealth^d indeed betrays him.

He is an arrogant man never at rest.

He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,

and like Death, he is never satisfied.

He gathers all the nations to himself

and collects all the peoples as his own.

⁶Will not all of these take up a taunt against him,

speaking with mockery and derision:

‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his

and makes himself rich with many loans!

How long will this go on?’

⁷Will not your creditors suddenly arise

and those who disturb you awaken?

Then you will become their prey.

⁸Because you have plundered many nations,

the remnant of the people will plunder you—

because of your bloodshed against man

and your violence against the land, the city,

and all their dwellers.

⁹Woe to him who builds his house

by unjust gain,

to place his nest on high

and escape the hand of disaster!

¹⁰You have plotted shame for your house

by cutting off many peoples

and forfeiting your life.^e

¹¹For the stones will cry out from the wall,

and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.

¹²Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed

and establishes a town by iniquity!

¹³Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts

that the labor of the people only feeds the fire,

and the nations weary themselves in vain?