Ho, he that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, to escape from the power of evil.

10 Thou [a]hast consulted shame to thine own house, by destroying many people, and hast sinned against thine own soul.

11 For the [b]stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:10 Signifying, that the covetous man is the ruin of his own house, when as he thinketh to enrich it by cruelty and oppression.
  2. Habakkuk 2:11 The stones of the house shall cry, and say that they are built of blood, and the wood shall answer and say the same of itself.

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