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Moreover, wine betrays an arrogant man.
        He doesn’t rest.
        He opens his jaws[a] like the grave;[b]
            like death, he is never satisfied.
He gathers all nations to himself
        and collects all peoples for himself.
Won’t everyone tell parables about him
        or mocking poems concerning him?

They will say:

Doom to the one who multiplies what doesn’t belong to him
    and who increases his own burden.
    How long?
Won’t they suddenly rise up to bite you?
        Those who frighten you will awaken;
            you will become plunder for them.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:5 Or throat
  2. Habakkuk 2:5 Heb Sheol

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