New King James Version

Habakkuk 2:9-14 New King James Version (NKJV)

9. “Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house,That he may set his nest on high,That he may be delivered from the power of disaster!

10. You give shameful counsel to your house,Cutting off many peoples,And sin against your soul.

11. For the stone will cry out from the wall,And the beam from the timbers will answer it.

12. “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,Who establishes a city by iniquity!

13. Behold, is it not of the Lord of hostsThat the peoples labor to feed the fire,And nations weary themselves in vain?

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