New American Standard Bible

Habakkuk 2:7-13 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

7. "Will not your creditors rise up suddenly, And those who collect from you awaken? Indeed, you will become plunder for them.

8. "Because you have looted many nations, All the remainder of the peoples will loot you- Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants.

9. "Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity!

10. "You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself.

11. "Surely the stone will cry out from the wall, And the rafter will answer it from the framework.

12. "Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed And founds a town with violence!

13. "Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts That peoples toil for fire, And nations grow weary for nothing?