International Children’s Bible

Habakkuk 2:7-13 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

7. “One day the people you have taken money from will turn against you.They will realize what is happening and make you shake with fear.Then they will hurt you.

8. You have stolen from many nations.So the people who are left will take much from you.This is because you have killed many people.You have destroyed countries and cities and everyone in them.

9. “How terrible it will be for the nation that becomes rich by doing wrong.They do those things to live in a safe place.They think they will be safe from harm.

10. You have made plans to destroy many people.This has made your own houses ashamed of you.Because of it, you will lose your lives.

11. The stones of the walls will cry out against you.Even the wooden boards that support the roof will agree that you are wrong.

12. “How terrible it will be for the nation that kills people to build a city.How terrible for that nation that wrongs others to start a town.

13. The Lord of heaven’s armies will send fireto destroy what those people have built.All the nations’ work will be for nothing.