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“Note this: Wicked men trust themselves alone as these Chaldeans do,[a] and fail; but the righteous man trusts in me and lives! What’s more, these arrogant Chaldeans are betrayed by all their wine, for it is treacherous. In their greed they have collected many nations, but like death and hell, they are never satisfied. The time is coming when all their captives will taunt them, saying: ‘You robbers! At last justice has caught up with you! Now you will get your just deserts for your oppression and extortion!’

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  1. Habakkuk 2:4 as these Chaldeans do, implied. the righteous man trusts in me and lives, or “the righteous shall live by his faith.”

“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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  1. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faith