Habakkuk 2:4-10

English Standard Version

⁴“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but ^(A)the righteous shall live by his faith.^[a]

⁵“Moreover, wine^[b] is ^(B)a traitor,
    an arrogant man who is never at rest.^[c]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
    like death ^(C)he has never enough.
^(D)He gathers for himself all nations
    and collects as his own all peoples.”

Woe to the Chaldeans

⁶Shall not all these ^(E)take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,

^(F)“Woe to him ^(G)who heaps up what is not his own—
    for ^(H)how long?—
    and ^(I)loads himself with pledges!”
⁷^(J)Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
    and those awake who will make you tremble?
    Then you will be spoil for them.
⁸^(K)Because you have plundered many nations,
    all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
^(L)for the blood of man and ^(M)violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.

⁹^(N)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
    ^(O)to ^(P)set his nest on high,
    to be safe from the reach of harm!
¹⁰You have devised shame for your house
    ^(Q)by cutting off many peoples;
    you have forfeited your life.