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Moreover, wine is treacherous;
    the arrogant man shall not abide.[a]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
    like death he has never enough.
He gathers for himself all nations,
    and collects as his own all peoples.”

The Woes of the Wicked

Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, in scoffing derision of him, and say,

“Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own—
    for how long?—
    and loads himself with pledges!”
Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
    and those awake who will make you tremble?
    Then you will be booty for them.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:5 The Hebrew of these two lines is obscure

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