Verse 6
Habakkuk 2:6
Bible in Basic English
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Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲ/לוֹא אֵ֣לֶּה כֻלָּ֗/ם עָלָי/ו֙ מָשָׁ֣ל יִשָּׂ֔אוּ וּ/מְלִיצָ֖ה חִיד֣וֹת ל֑/וֹ וְ/יֹאמַ֗ר ה֚וֹי הַ/מַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא ל֔/וֹ עַד מָתַ֕י וּ/מַכְבִּ֥יד עָלָ֖י/ו עַבְטִֽיט
English Translation
"Are not all these things a proverb that they will carry and a riddle for him? And he will say, ‘Woe to the one who increases, how long will he do so, and who burdens me with debts?’"
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