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The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead.[a]

He does this so he can build his nest way up high
and escape the clutches of disaster.[b]
10 Your schemes will bring shame to your house.
Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:9 tn Heb “Woe [to] the one who profits unjustly by evil unjust gain for his house.” On the term הוֹי (hoy) see the note on the word “dead” in v. 6.
  2. Habakkuk 2:9 tn Heb “to place his nest in the heights in order to escape from the hand of disaster.” sn Here the Babylonians are compared to a bird, perhaps an eagle, that builds its nest in an inaccessible high place where predators cannot reach it.
  3. Habakkuk 2:10 tn Heb “you planned shame for your house, cutting off many nations, and sinning [against] your life.”

“Woe to him who builds(A) his house by unjust gain,(B)
    setting his nest(C) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
10 You have plotted the ruin(D) of many peoples,
    shaming(E) your own house and forfeiting your life.

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