Habakkuk 2

New American Standard Bible

⁴ “Behold, as for the ^(H)impudent one,
His soul is not right within him;
But the ^(I)righteous one will live by his ^[e]faith.
⁵ Furthermore, ^(J)wine betrays an ^(K)arrogant man,
So that he does not ^(L)achieve his objective.
He ^(M)enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He also gathers to himself all the nations
And collects to himself all the peoples.

⁶ “Will all of these not ^(N)take up a song of ridicule against him,
Even a saying and insinuations against him
And say, ‘^(O)Woe to him who increases what is not his—
For how long—
And makes himself ^[f]rich with debts!’
⁷ Will ^[g]your creditors not ^(P)rise up suddenly,
And those who ^[h]collect from you awaken?
Indeed, you will become plunder for them.
⁸ Since you have ^(Q)looted many nations,
All the rest of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence ^[i]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

⁹ “Woe to him who makes ^(R)evil profit for his household,
To ^(S)put his nest on high,
To be saved from the hand of catastrophe!
¹⁰ You have planned a ^(T)shameful thing for your house
By bringing many peoples to an end;
So you are ^(U)sinning against yourself.
¹¹ For the ^(V)stone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer it from the ^[j]framework.

¹² “Woe to him who ^(W)builds a city with bloodshed,
And founds a town with ^[k]violence!
¹³ Is it not indeed from the Lord of armies
That peoples ^(X)labor merely for fire,
And nations become weary for nothing?
¹⁴ For the earth will be ^(Y)filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.

¹⁵ “Woe to him who makes his neighbor drink;
^[l]To you who mix in your venom even to make your neighbors drunk,
So as to look at their genitalia!
¹⁶ You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.
^(Z)Drink, you yourself, and ^[m]expose your own foreskin!
The ^(AA)cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you,
And ^(AB)utter disgrace will come upon your glory.
¹⁷ For the ^(AC)violence ^[n]done to Lebanon will ^[o]overwhelm you,
And the devastation of its animals ^[p]by which you terrified them,
^(AD)Because of human bloodshed and ^(AE)violence ^[q]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

¹⁸ “What ^(AF)benefit is a carved image when its maker has carved it,
Or a cast metal image, a ^(AG)teacher of falsehood?
For its maker ^(AH)trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.
¹⁹ Woe to him who ^(AI)says to a piece of wood, ‘^(AJ)Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
That is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with ^(AK)gold and silver,
Yet there is ^(AL)no breath at all inside it.
²⁰ But the ^(AM)Lord is in His holy temple.
^[r]Let all the earth ^(AN)be silent before Him.”