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how long also doth he load himself with thick clay? </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee: and they be stirred up that shall tear thee, and thou shalt be a spoil to them? </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all that shall be left of the people shall spoil thee: because of men's blood, and for the iniquity of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Thou hast devised confusion to thy house, thou hast cut off many people, and thy soul hath sinned. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For the stone shall cry out of the wall: and the timber that is between the joints of the building, shall answer. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For the earth shall be filled, that men may know the glory of the Lord, as waters covering the sea. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Woe to him that giveth drink to his friend, and presenteth his gall, and maketh him drunk, that he may behold his nakedness. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Thou art filled with shame instead of glory: drink thou also, and fall fast asleep: the cup of the right hand of the Lord shall compass thee, and shameful vomiting shall be on thy glory. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the iniquity of Libanus shall cover thee, and the ravaging of beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of men, and the iniquity of the land, and of the city, and of all that dwell therein. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>What doth the graven thing avail, because the maker thereof hath graven it, a molten, and a false image? because the forger thereof hath trusted in a thing of his own forging, to make dumb idols. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Woe to him that saith to wood: Awake: to the dumb stone: Arise: can it teach? 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