Habakkuk 2:6-20

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^(B)“Woe to him ^(C)who heaps up what is not his own—
    for ^(D)how long?—
    and ^(E)loads himself with pledges!”
^7 (F)Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
    and those awake who will make you tremble?
    Then you will be spoil for them.
^8 (G)Because you have plundered many nations,
    all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
^(H)for the blood of man and ^(I)violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.
^9 (J)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
    ^(K)to ^(L)set his nest on high,
    to be safe from the reach of harm!
¹⁰ You have devised shame for your house
    ^(M)by cutting off many peoples;
    you have forfeited your life.
¹¹ For ^(N)the stone will cry out from the wall,
    and the beam from the woodwork respond.
^12 (O)“Woe to him ^(P)who builds a town with blood
    and founds a city on iniquity!
¹³ Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
    that ^(Q)peoples labour merely for fire,
    and nations weary themselves for nothing?
^14 (R)For the earth will be filled
    with the knowledge of ^(S)the glory of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.
^15 (T)“Woe to him ^(U)who makes his neighbours drink—
    you pour out your wrath and make them drunk,
    in order to gaze ^(V)at their nakedness!
¹⁶ You will have your fill ^(W)of shame instead of glory.
    ^(X)Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
^(Y)The cup in the Lord's right hand
    will come round to you,
    and ^(Z)utter shame will come upon your glory!
^17 (AA)The violence ^(AB)done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
^(AC)for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.
^18 (AD)“What profit is an idol
    when its maker has shaped it,
    a metal image, ^(AE)a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
    when he makes ^(AF)speechless idols!
^19 (AG)Woe to him ^(AH)who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
    to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
    and ^(AI)there is no breath at all in it.
²⁰ But ^(AJ)the Lord is in his holy temple;
    ^(AK)let all the earth keep silence before him.”