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“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
    but (A)the righteous shall live by his faith.[a]
“Moreover, wine[b] is (B)a traitor,
    an arrogant man who is never at rest.[c]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
    like death (C)he has never enough.
(D)He gathers for himself all nations
    and collects as his own all peoples.”

Woe to the Chaldeans

Shall not all these (E)take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,

(F)“Woe to him (G)who heaps up what is not his own—
    for (H)how long?—
    and (I)loads himself with pledges!”

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness
  2. Habakkuk 2:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth
  3. Habakkuk 2:5 The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain

“See, the enemy is puffed up;
    his desires are not upright—
    but the righteous person(A) will live by his faithfulness[a](B)
indeed, wine(C) betrays him;
    he is arrogant(D) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
    and like death is never satisfied,(E)
he gathers to himself all the nations
    and takes captive(F) all the peoples.

“Will not all of them taunt(G) him with ridicule and scorn, saying,

“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
    and makes himself wealthy by extortion!(H)
    How long must this go on?’

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faith