Habakkuk 2:9–14

9 Woe to him who dishonestly makes

wealth for his houseA,q

to place his nest on high,

to escape the grasp of disaster!r

10 You have planned shame for your house

by wiping out many peoples

and sinning against your own self.

11 For the stones will cry outs from the wall,

and the rafters will answer them

from the woodwork.

12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed

and founds a town with injustice!t

13 Is it not from the Lord of Armies

that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire

and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?u

14 For the earth will be filled

with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory,

as the water covers the sea.v