Habakkuk 2
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Habakkuk 2:9-15

9“WoeH1945 to him who getsH1214 1evilH7451 gainH1215 for his houseH1004 To 2putH7760 his nestH7064 on highH4791, To be deliveredH5337 from the handH3709 of calamityH7451!10You have devisedH3289 a 3shamefulH1322 thingH1322 for your houseH1004 By cuttingH7096 offH7096 manyH7227 peoplesH5971; So you are 4sinningH2398 against yourselfH5315.11SurelyH3588 the 5stoneH68 will cryH2199 out from the wallH7023, And the rafterH3714 will answerH6030 it from the 6frameworkH6086.

12“WoeH1945 to him who 7buildsH1129 a cityH5892 with bloodshedH1818 And foundsH3559 a townH7151 with 8violenceH5767!13Is it not indeedH2009 from the LordH3068 of hostsH6635 That peoplesH5971 9toilH3021 for fireH784, And nationsH3816 growH3286 wearyH3286 for nothingH7385?14For the earthH776 will be 10filledH4390 With the knowledgeH3045 of the gloryH3519 of the LordH3068, As the watersH4325 coverH3680 the seaH3220.

15“WoeH1945 to you who make 11your neighborsH7453 drinkH8248, Who mixH5596 in your venomH2534 evenH637 to makeH7937 them drunkH7937 SoH4616 as to lookH5027 on their nakednessH4589!

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Notes

  1. 1. Habakkuk 2:9 Jer 22:13; Ezek 22:27 ↩
  2. 2. Habakkuk 2:9 Jer 49:16 ↩
  3. 3. Habakkuk 2:10 2 Kin 9:26; Nah 1:14; Hab 2:16 ↩
  4. 4. Habakkuk 2:10 Jer 26:19 ↩
  5. 5. Habakkuk 2:11 Josh 24:27; Luke 19:40 ↩
  6. 6. Habakkuk 2:11 Lit wood ↩
  7. 7. Habakkuk 2:12 Mic 3:10; Nah 3:1 ↩
  8. 8. Habakkuk 2:12 Or injustice ↩
  9. 9. Habakkuk 2:13 Is 50:11; Jer 51:58 ↩
  10. 10. Habakkuk 2:14 Ps 22:27; Is 11:9; Zech 14:9 ↩
  11. 11. Habakkuk 2:15 Lit his neighbor ↩

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