mSee Zech. 1:12
Deuteronomy 8:17
17Beware alest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’Isaiah 10:13-14
13 bFor he says:“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
14My hand has found like a nest
the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
or opened the mouth or chirped.”
Habakkuk 1:16
16 cTherefore he sacrifices to his netand makes offerings to his dragnet;
for by them he lives in luxury, ▼
▼Hebrew his portion is fat
and his food is rich.
Habakkuk 2:5-6
5 “Moreover, wine ▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth
is fa traitor,an arrogant man who is never at rest. ▼
▼The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death hhe has never enough.
iHe gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.”
Woe to the Chaldeans
6Shall not all these jtake up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,k“Woe to him lwho heaps up what is not his own—
for mhow long?—
and nloads himself with pledges!”
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