Habakkuk 2:6–12

⁶“Won’t those people laugh at the Babylonians? Won’t they make fun of them? They will say to them,

“ ‘How terrible it will be for you

who pile up stolen goods!

You get rich by cheating others.

How long will that go on?

⁷Those who owe you money will suddenly rise up.

You charge them too much interest.

So they will wake up

and make you tremble with fear.

Then they will take away

everything you have.

⁸You have robbed many nations.

So the nations that are left will rob you.

You have spilled man’s blood.

You have destroyed lands and cities

and everyone in them.’

⁹“How terrible it will be for the Babylonians!

They build their kingdom with money

they gained by cheating others.

They have tried to make the kingdom

as secure as possible.

After all, they did not want to be destroyed.

¹⁰They have planned to wipe out many nations.

But they have brought shame on their own kingdom.

So they must pay with their own lives.

¹¹The stones in the walls of their homes will cry out.

And the wooden beams will echo that cry.

¹²“How terrible it will be for the Babylonians!

They build cities by spilling the blood of others.

They establish towns by committing crimes.