Hab 2:9-10 | MHM | STEP | v. 9 : God warns that those who build their houses by cheating and injustice, trying to keep themselves safe from harm, will not succeed. Their plans to protect themselves by hurting others will fail because God’s justice cannot be escaped.

‏ Habakkuk 2:9-10

v. 9: God warns that those who build their houses by cheating and injustice, trying to keep themselves safe from harm, will not succeed. Their plans to protect themselves by hurting others will fail because God’s justice cannot be escaped.

v. 10: By sinning against others, people also bring shame and ruin on their own families. The Babylonians’ houses and empires, built on injustice, will fall, and they will lose everything.