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And a taunting riddle against him, 18 “What profit is the image, that its maker
and say, should carve it,
‘Woe to him who increases The molded image, a teacher of lies,
What is not his—how long? That the maker of its mold should trust
And to him who loads himself with in it,
many pledges’? To make mute idols?
7 19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’
Will not your creditors rise up
suddenly? To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach!’
Will they not awaken who oppress you? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and
And you will become their booty. silver,
8 Because you have plundered many Yet in it there is no breath at all.
nations, 20 “But the LORD is in His holy temple.
All the remnant of the people shall Let all the earth keep silence before
plunder you,
Because of men’s blood Him.”
And the violence of the land and the city, A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on
And of all who dwell in it. 3 Shigionoth.
“Woe to him who covets evil gain for his O LORD, I have heard Your speech
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house, and was afraid;
That he may set his nest on high, O LORD, revive Your work in the midst
That he may be delivered from the of the years!
power of disaster! In the midst of the years make it
You give shameful counsel to your house, known;
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Cutting off many peoples, In wrath remember mercy.
And sin against your soul.
11 3 God came from Teman,
For the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the beam from the timbers will The Holy One from Mount Paran.
answer it. Selah
12 “Woe to him who builds a town with His glory covered the heavens,
bloodshed, And the earth was full of His praise.
Who establishes a city by iniquity! 4 His brightness was like the light;
13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts He had rays flashing from His hand,
That the peoples labor to feed the fire, And there His power was hidden.
And nations weary themselves in vain? 5 Before Him went pestilence,
For the earth will be filled And fever followed at His feet.
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With the knowledge of the glory 6 He stood and measured the earth;
of the LORD,
As the waters cover the sea. He looked and startled the nations.
And the everlasting mountains were
15 “Woe to him who gives drink to his scattered,
neighbor, The perpetual hills bowed.
Pressing him to your bottle, His ways are everlasting.
Even to make him drunk, 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;
That you may look on his nakedness! The curtains of the land of Midian
You are filled with shame instead of trembled.
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glory.
8 O LORD, were You displeased with the
You also—drink!
And be exposed as uncircumcised! rivers,
The cup of the LORD’s right hand will Was Your anger against the rivers,
be turned against you, Was Your wrath against the sea,
And utter shame will be on your glory. That You rode on Your horses,
17 For the violence done to Lebanon will Your chariots of salvation?
9 Your bow was made quite ready;
cover you,
And the plunder of beasts which made Oaths were sworn over Your arrows.
them afraid, Selah
Because of men’s blood You divided the earth with rivers.
And the violence of the land and the 10 The mountains saw You and trembled;
city, The overflowing of the water passed by.
And of all who dwell in it. The deep uttered its voice,

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