“Will not all of these (A)take up a taunt-song against him,
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘(B)Woe to him who increases what is not his—
For how long—
And makes himself [a]rich with loans?’
“Will not [b]your creditors (C)rise up suddenly,
And those who [c]collect from you awaken?
Indeed, you will become plunder for them.
“Because you have (D)looted many nations,
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence [d]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:6 Lit heavy
  2. Habakkuk 2:7 Lit those who bite you
  3. Habakkuk 2:7 Lit violently shake you
  4. Habakkuk 2:8 Lit of the land