New American Standard Bible

Habakkuk 2:9-15 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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?

14. "For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea.

15. "Woe to you who make your neighbors drink, Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk So as to look on their nakedness!