Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!Habakkuk 2:9 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — હબાક્કુક ૨:૯
- જે દુષ્ટના હાથમાંથી બચાવને સારુ, પોતાનો માળો ઊંચે બાંધવાને સારુ અન્યાયના દ્રવ્યથી પોતાનું ઘર ભરે છે તેને અફસોસ!’
- हिन्दी — हबक्कूक २:९
- हाय उस पर, जो अपने घर के लिये अन्याय के लाभ का लोभी है ताकि वह अपना घोंसला ऊँचे स्थान में बनाकर विपत्ति से बचे।
In context
7Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?
8Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.
9Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
10You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.
11For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
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