Habakkuk 2:5-20

New American Standard Bible

⁵ Furthermore, ^(A)wine betrays an ^(B)arrogant man,
So that he does not ^(C)achieve his objective.
He ^(D)enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He also gathers to himself all the nations
And collects to himself all the peoples.

⁶ “Will all of these not ^(E)take up a song of ridicule against him,
Even a saying and insinuations against him
And say, ‘^(F)Woe to him who increases what is not his—
For how long—
And makes himself ^[a]rich with debts!’
⁷ Will ^[b]your creditors not ^(G)rise up suddenly,
And those who ^[c]collect from you awaken?
Indeed, you will become plunder for them.
⁸ Since you have ^(H)looted many nations,
All the rest of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence ^[d]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

⁹ “Woe to him who makes ^(I)evil profit for his household,
To ^(J)put his nest on high,
To be saved from the hand of catastrophe!
¹⁰ You have planned a ^(K)shameful thing for your house
By bringing many peoples to an end;
So you are ^(L)sinning against yourself.
¹¹ For the ^(M)stone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer it from the ^[e]framework.

¹² “Woe to him who ^(N)builds a city with bloodshed,
And founds a town with ^[f]violence!
¹³ Is it not indeed from the Lord of armies
That peoples ^(O)labor merely for fire,
And nations become weary for nothing?
¹⁴ For the earth will be ^(P)filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.

¹⁵ “Woe to him who makes his neighbor drink;
^[g]To you who mix in your venom even to make your neighbors drunk,
So as to look at their genitalia!
¹⁶ You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.
^(Q)Drink, you yourself, and ^[h]expose your own foreskin!
The ^(R)cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you,
And ^(S)utter disgrace will come upon your glory.
¹⁷ For the ^(T)violence ^[i]done to Lebanon will ^[j]overwhelm you,
And the devastation of its animals ^[k]by which you terrified them,
^(U)Because of human bloodshed and ^(V)violence ^[l]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

¹⁸ “What ^(W)benefit is a carved image when its maker has carved it,
Or a cast metal image, a ^(X)teacher of falsehood?
For its maker ^(Y)trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.
¹⁹ Woe to him who ^(Z)says to a piece of wood, ‘^(AA)Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
That is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with ^(AB)gold and silver,
Yet there is ^(AC)no breath at all inside it.
²⁰ But the ^(AD)Lord is in His holy temple.
^[m]Let all the earth ^(AE)be silent before Him.”