17 Because of the wrongful act of his (A)unjust gain I was angry and struck him;
I hid My face and was angry,
And he went on (B)turning away, in the way of his heart.

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17 I was enraged by their sinful greed;(A)
    I punished them, and hid(B) my face in anger,
    yet they kept on in their willful ways.(C)

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“Woe to him who makes (A)evil profit for his household,
To (B)put his nest on high,
To be saved from the hand of catastrophe!
10 You have planned a (C)shameful thing for your house
By bringing many peoples to an end;
So you are (D)sinning against yourself.
11 For the (E)stone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer it from the [a]framework.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:11 Lit wood

“Woe to him who builds(A) his house by unjust gain,(B)
    setting his nest(C) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
10 You have plotted the ruin(D) of many peoples,
    shaming(E) your own house and forfeiting your life.
11 The stones(F) of the wall will cry out,
    and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

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