Habakkuk 2

¹I will stand at my guard post

²Then the LORD answered me:

³For the vision awaits an appointed time;

⁴Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright 2:4 LXX If he should draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him—

⁵and wealth 2:5 DSS; MT wine indeed betrays him.

⁶Will not all of these take up a taunt against him,

⁷Will not your creditors suddenly arise

⁸Because you have plundered many nations,

⁹Woe to him who builds his house

¹⁰You have plotted shame for your house

¹¹For the stones will cry out from the wall,

¹²Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed

¹³Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts

¹⁴For the earth will be filled

¹⁵Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors,

¹⁶You will be filled with shame instead of glory.

¹⁷For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you,

¹⁸What use is an idol,

¹⁹Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’

²⁰But the LORD is in His holy temple;