Since you have (A)looted many nations,
All the rest of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence [a]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

“Woe to him who makes (B)evil profit for his household,
To (C)put his nest on high,
To be saved from the hand of catastrophe!
10 You have planned a (D)shameful thing for your house
By bringing many peoples to an end;
So you are (E)sinning against yourself.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:8 Lit of the land

Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.(A)
For you have shed human blood;(B)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.(C)

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

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And on that day I will punish all who leap on the temple threshold,
Who fill the house of their [a]lord with (A)violence and deceit.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:9 Or Lord

On that day I will punish
    all who avoid stepping on the threshold,[a](A)
who fill the temple of their gods
    with violence and deceit.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:9 See 1 Samuel 5:5.

Then he said to me, “This is the (A)curse that is going forth over the face of the entire [a]land; everyone who (B)steals certainly will be purged away according to [b]the writing on one side, and everyone who (C)swears falsely will be purged away according to [c]the writing on the other side. I will (D)make it go forth,” declares the Lord of armies, “and it will (E)enter the house of the (F)thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and (G)destroy it with its timber and stones.”

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  1. Zechariah 5:3 Or earth
  2. Zechariah 5:3 Lit it
  3. Zechariah 5:3 Lit it

And he said to me, “This is the curse(A) that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief(B) will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely(C) will be banished. The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely(D) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.(E)’”

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