Habakkuk 2  Tree of Life Version

⁹ Oy to one surely getting unjust gain for his house—
to set his nest on high,
to escape the reach of calamity!
¹⁰ You schemed shame for your house,
by cutting off many peoples,
so going wrong yourself.
¹¹ For a stone will cry out^[d] from a wall,
and wooden beams will answer.

¹² Oy to him who builds a city by bloodshed,
and establishes a town with injustice!
¹³ Behold, is it not from Adonai-Tzva’ot
that peoples toil to fuel a fire,
and nations exhaust themselves for emptiness?
¹⁴ For the earth will be filled with knowing the glory of Adonai,
as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁵ Oy to one who makes his neighbor drink,
who pours out Your fury, and even making him drunk
In order to gaze at his nakedness!
¹⁶ You are filled with disgrace rather than glory.
Drink—you too—and be uncircumcised.
The cup of Adonai’s right hand will surround you,
    and disgrace will come upon your glory.
¹⁷ For the violence done to Lebanon will spread over you,
destruction of beasts terrifying them,
because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land,
    the city and to all its inhabitants.

¹⁸ What use is an idol when its craftsman has carved it?
Or a metal image—a teacher of lies?
For a craftsman has trusted in the image that he created,
    to make dumb idols.
¹⁹ Oy to one who says to wood: “Awake!”
To a dumb stone: “Rouse yourself!” Can it teach?
Look, it is plated with gold and silver,
    but it has no spirit within it.
²⁰ But Adonai is in His holy Temple.
Let all the land be silent before Him.