6Will not all of these take up a taunt against him,
speaking with mockery and derision:
‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his
and makes himself rich with many loans!
How long will this go on?’
7Will not your creditors suddenly arise
and those who disturb you awaken?
Then you will become their prey.
8Because you have plundered many nations,
the remnant of the people will plunder you —
because of your bloodshed against man
and your violence against the land, the city,
and all their dwellers.
9Woe to him who builds his house
by unjust gain,
to place his nest on high
and escape the hand of disaster!
10You have plotted shame for your house
by cutting off many peoples
and forfeiting your life.
11For the stones will cry out from the wall,
and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
12Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and establishes a town by iniquity!
— Habakkuk 2:6-12

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