Habakkuk 2:5-20

Habakkuk 2:5-20

[5] Yea also, because he transgresseth  by wine,  he is a proud  man,  neither keepeth at home,  who enlargeth  his desire  as hell,  and is as death,  and cannot be satisfied,  but gathereth  unto him all nations,  and heapeth  unto him all people:  [6] Shall not all these take up  a parable  against him, and a taunting  proverb  against him, and say,  Woe  to him that increaseth  that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth  himself with thick clay!  [7] Shall they not rise up  suddenly  that shall bite  that shall vex  thee, and thou shalt be for booties  unto them? [8] Because thou hast spoiled  many  nations,  all the remnant  of the people  shall spoil  thee; because of men's  blood,  and for the violence  of the land,  of the city,  and of all that dwell  therein. [9] Woe  to him that coveteth  an evil  covetousness  to his house,  that he may set  his nest  on high,  that he may be delivered  from the power  of evil!  [10] Thou hast consulted  shame  to thy house  by cutting off  many  people,  and hast sinned  against thy soul.  [11] For the stone  shall cry out  of the wall,  and the beam out  of the timber  shall answer  it. [12] Woe  to him that buildeth  a town  with blood,  and stablisheth  a city  by iniquity!  [13] Behold, is it not of the LORD  of hosts  that the people  shall labour  in the very  fire,  and the people  shall weary  themselves for very  vanity?  [14] For the earth  shall be filled  with the knowledge  of the glory  of the LORD,  as the waters  cover  the sea.  [15] Woe  unto him that giveth his neighbour  drink,  that puttest  thy bottle  to him, and makest him drunken  also, that thou mayest look  on their nakedness!  [16] Thou art filled  with shame  for glory:  drink  thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered:  the cup  of the LORD'S  right hand  shall be turned  unto thee, and shameful spewing  shall be on thy glory.  [17] For the violence  of Lebanon  shall cover  thee, and the spoil  of beasts,  which made them afraid,  because of men's  blood,  and for the violence  of the land,  of the city,  and of all that dwell  therein. [18] What profiteth  the graven image  that the maker  thereof hath graven  it; the molten image,  and a teacher  of lies,  that the maker  of his work  trusteth  therein, to make  dumb  idols?  [19] Woe  unto him that saith  to the wood,  Awake;  to the dumb  stone,  Arise,  it shall teach!  Behold, it is laid  over with gold  and silver,  and there is no breath  at all in the midst  [20] But the LORD  is in his holy  temple:  let all the earth  keep silence  before  him.