Hab 2:6-20 | ESV | STEP | Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say , Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own— for how long?

6 Shall not all these ^atake up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,

^b“Woe to him ^cwho heaps up what is not his own—
for ^dhow long?—
and ^eloads himself with pledges!”
7 ^fWill not your debtors suddenly arise,
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.
8 ^gBecause you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
^hfor the blood of man and ⁱviolence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
9 ^j“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
^kto ^lset his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
^mby cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
11 For ⁿthe stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
12 ^o“Woe to him ^pwho builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
that ^qpeoples labor merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
14 ^rFor the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of ^sthe glory of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
15 ^t“Woe to him ^uwho makes his neighbors drink—
you pour out your wrath and make them drunk,
in order to gaze ^vat their nakedness!
16 You will have your fill ^wof shame instead of glory.
^xDrink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
^yThe cup in the Lord’s right hand
will come around to you,
and ^zutter shame will come upon your glory!
17 ^aaThe violence ^abdone to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
^acfor the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
18 ^ad“What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, ^aea teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes ^afspeechless idols!
19 ^agWoe to him ^ahwho says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and ^aithere is no breath at all in it.
20 But ^ajthe Lord is in his holy temple;
^aklet all the earth keep silence before him.”