Habakkuk 2:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 See, the rash have no integrity;
but the just one who is righteous because of faith shall live.[a](A)
Sayings Against Tyrants
5 [b]Indeed wealth is treacherous;
a proud man does not succeed.
He who opens wide his throat like Sheol,
and is insatiable as death,
Who gathers to himself all the nations,
and collects for himself all the peoples—
6 Shall not all these take up a taunt against him,(B)
and make a riddle about him, saying:
Ah! you who store up what is not yours
—how long can it last!—
you who load yourself down with collateral.
Footnotes
- 2:4 The just one who is righteous because of faith shall live: the faithful survive the impending doom because they trust in God’s justice and wait patiently for God to carry it out. Several New Testament passages cite these words (Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11; cf. Hb 10:38) to confirm the teaching that people receive justification and supernatural life through faith in Christ.
- 2:5 This verse describes any tyrant who, like the Babylonians, possesses insatiable greed.
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