Verse 6
Habakkuk 2:6
Free Bible Version
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Won't all these peoples taunt them? They will ridicule them, saying, “What disaster is coming to you who pile up things that don't belong to you! You make yourselves rich by forcing debtors to pay! How long can you go on doing this?”
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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