NET Bible
"Be sure of this! The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing."
— Habakkuk 2:13, NET Bible
“Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?”
“Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity? ”
“Behold, isn't it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?”
“Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint.”
“See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?”
“Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?”
Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.
For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.
Woe to the one who builds a city by bloodshed– he who starts a town by unjust deeds.
Be sure of this! The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.
For recognition of the LORD’s sovereign majesty will fill the earth just as the waters fill up the sea.
“Woe to you who force your neighbor to drink wine– you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger, so you can look at their naked bodies.
But you will become drunk with shame, not majesty. Now it is your turn to drink and expose your uncircumcised foreskin! The cup of wine in the LORD’s right hand is coming to you, and disgrace will replace your majestic glory!