Habakkuk 2:5-20
Legacy Standard Bible
5 And indeed, (A)wine betrays the (B)haughty man
So that he does not (C)stay at home.
He (D)enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He also gathers to himself all nations
And assembles to himself all peoples.
6 “Will not all of these (E)lift up a taunt-song against him,
Even satire and riddles against him
And say, ‘(F)Woe to him who increases what is not his—
For how long—
And makes himself [a]rich with loans?’
7 Will not [b]your creditors (G)rise up suddenly,
And those who make you tremble awaken?
Indeed, you will become spoil for them.
8 Because you have (H)taken many nations as spoil,
All that is left of the peoples will take you as spoil—
Because of human bloodshed and violence [c]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.
9 “Woe to him who is greedy for (I)evil gain for his house
To (J)put his nest on high,
To be delivered from the hand of evil!
10 You have counseled a (K)shameful thing for your house
By cutting off many peoples;
So you are (L)sinning against your own soul.
11 Surely the (M)stone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer it from the [d]framework.
12 “Woe to him who (N)builds a city with bloodshed
And founds a town with injustice!
13 Is it not, behold, from Yahweh of hosts
That peoples (O)toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?
14 For the earth will be (P)filled
With the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh,
As the waters cover the sea.
15 “Woe to you who make [e]your neighbors drink,
Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk
So as to look on their nakedness!
16 You will be filled with disgrace rather than glory.
Now you yourself (Q)drink and [f]expose your own nakedness.
The (R)cup in Yahweh’s right hand will come around to you,
And (S)utter disgrace will come upon your glory.
17 For the (T)violence [g]done to Lebanon will cover you,
And the devastation of its beasts [h]by which you terrified them,
(U)Because of human bloodshed and (V)violence [i]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.
18 “What (W)profit is the graven image when its maker has engraved it,
Or a molten image, a (X)teacher of [j]lies?
For its maker (Y)trusts in his own making
When he fashions speechless idols.
19 Woe to him who (Z)says to a piece of wood, ‘(AA)Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with (AB)gold and silver,
And there is (AC)no breath at all inside it.
20 But (AD)Yahweh is in His holy temple.
[k]Let all the earth (AE)be silent before Him.”
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:6 Lit heavy
- Habakkuk 2:7 Lit those who bite you
- Habakkuk 2:8 Lit of the land
- Habakkuk 2:11 Lit wood
- Habakkuk 2:15 Lit his neighbor
- Habakkuk 2:16 As in DSS and ancient versions; or stagger; lit show yourself uncircumcised
- Habakkuk 2:17 Lit of Lebanon
- Habakkuk 2:17 Lit which terrified them
- Habakkuk 2:17 Lit of the land
- Habakkuk 2:18 Lit a lie
- Habakkuk 2:20 Lit Hush before Him, all the earth
Habakkuk 2:5-20
Lexham English Bible
5 How much less[a] the defiant;[b]
the arrogant, treacherous man?
He who broadens his throat like Sheol,
and who, like death, is not satisfied,
and who gathers to himself all the nations,
and harvested for himself all the peoples,
will not succeed.
6 Shall not all of these take up a taunt against him,
with ridicule and riddles against him, saying,
‘Woe to him who heaps up what is not his’?
For how long?
And, ‘Woe to him who makes himself heavy with pledges’?
7 Will not your creditors suddenly rise up
and awaken those who make you tremble?
Then you shall be as plunder for them.
8 Because you plundered many nations,
all the remaining nations will plunder you
on account of the blood of humanity
and violence against the land,
and against cities and all who live in them.
9 Woe to him who obtains profit from evil gain for his house,
to set his nest on high,
to be saved from the hand of misfortune!
10 You have plotted shame for your house,
cutting off many peoples
and sinning against your life.
11 For the stone will cry out from the wall,
and the plaster from the wood will answer it.
12 Woe to him who builds a city by bloodguilt,
and who founds a city by wickedness!
13 Look! Is it not from Yahweh of hosts
that people labor for mere fire,
and nations exhaust themselves for mere vanity?
14 For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh,
like the waters covering the sea.
15 Woe to him who gives a drink to his neighbors,
pouring out your wrath and also making them drunk
in order to see their nakedness!
16 You will be sated with shame rather than glory.
Drink also yourself, and expose yourself!
The cup of the right hand of Yahweh
will come around upon you
and disgrace upon your glory.
17 For the violence of Lebanon will cover you,
and the destruction of wild animals will shatter them
on account of the blood of humanity,
and the violence against the land,
against a city and all the inhabitants in it.
18 What value is an idol
when its carver has fashioned it,
a molten idol, a teacher of lies?
For he who fashioned his creation trusts in it,
though making mute idols!
19 Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Wake up!’
And to a lifeless stone, ‘Arise!’
Can he teach?
Look, it is covered with gold and silver,
and there is no breath within it.
20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple.
Let all the earth be silent before him.”
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:5 Literally “And moreover because”
- Habakkuk 2:5 “Defiant” follows the Dead Sea Scrolls (1QpHab)
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