Habakkuk 2:5-14

New International Version

⁵ indeed, wine^(A) betrays him;
    he is arrogant^(B) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
    and like death is never satisfied,^(C)
he gathers to himself all the nations
    and takes captive^(D) all the peoples.

“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
    and makes himself wealthy by extortion!^(F)
    How long must this go on?’
⁷ Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
    Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
    Then you will become their prey.^(G)
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.^(H)
For you have shed human blood;^(I)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.^(J)

⁹ “Woe to him who builds^(K) his house by unjust gain,^(L)
    setting his nest^(M) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
¹⁰ You have plotted the ruin^(N) of many peoples,
    shaming^(O) your own house and forfeiting your life.
¹¹ The stones^(P) of the wall will cry out,
    and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

¹² “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed^(Q)
    and establishes a town by injustice!
¹³ Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,^(R)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?^(S)
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory^(T) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.^(U)