Habakkuk 2:6-20

New International Version

“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
    and makes himself wealthy by extortion!^(B)
    How long must this go on?’
⁷ Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
    Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
    Then you will become their prey.^(C)
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.^(D)
For you have shed human blood;^(E)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.^(F)

⁹ “Woe to him who builds^(G) his house by unjust gain,^(H)
    setting his nest^(I) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
¹⁰ You have plotted the ruin^(J) of many peoples,
    shaming^(K) your own house and forfeiting your life.
¹¹ The stones^(L) of the wall will cry out,
    and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

¹² “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed^(M)
    and establishes a town by injustice!
¹³ Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,^(N)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?^(O)
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory^(P) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.^(Q)

¹⁵ “Woe to him who gives drink^(R) to his neighbors,
    pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
    so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
¹⁶ You will be filled with shame^(S) instead of glory.^(T)
    Now it is your turn! Drink^(U) and let your nakedness be exposed^[a]!^(V)
The cup^(W) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
    and disgrace will cover your glory.
¹⁷ The violence^(X) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    and your destruction of animals will terrify you.^(Y)
For you have shed human blood;^(Z)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

¹⁸ “Of what value^(AA) is an idol^(AB) carved by a craftsman?
    Or an image^(AC) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
    he makes idols that cannot speak.^(AD)
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
    Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’^(AE)
Can it give guidance?
    It is covered with gold and silver;^(AF)
    there is no breath in it.”^(AG)

²⁰ The Lord is in his holy temple;^(AH)
    let all the earth be silent^(AI) before him.