Habakkuk 2:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You're doomed! You made your family rich at the expense of others. You even said to yourself, “I'm above the law.”

Cross References

Psalm 49:11

The grave will be their home for ever and ever, although they once had land of their own.

Psalm 52:7

“Just look at them now! Instead of trusting God, they trusted their wealth and their cruelty.”

Isaiah 28:15

Do you think you have an agreement with death and the world of the dead? Why do you trust in your lies to keep you safe from danger and the mighty flood?

Isaiah 5:8

You are in for trouble! You take over house after house and field after field, until there is no room left for anyone else in all the land.

Jeremiah 17:11

You cheated others, but everything you gained will fly away, like birds hatched from stolen eggs. Then you will discover what fools you are.

Jeremiah 22:23

Those who live in the palace panelled with cedar will groan with pain like women giving birth.

Jeremiah 49:16

Pride tricks you into thinking that other nations look at you with fear. You live along the cliffs and high in the mountains like the eagles, but I am the LORD, and I will bring you down.

Jeremiah 51:13

People of Babylon, you live along the River Euphrates and are surrounded by canals. You are rich, but now the time has come for you to die.

Jeremiah 51:53

Although Babylon's walls reach to the sky, the army I send will destroy that city. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Ezekiel 22:27

Israel's officials are like ferocious wolves, ripping their victims apart. They make a dishonest living by injuring and killing people.

Obadiah 1:4

I will still bring you down, even if you fly higher than an eagle or nest among the stars. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Jude 1:11

Now they are in for real trouble. They have followed Cain's example and have made the same mistake that Balaam did by caring only for money. They have also rebelled against God, just as Korah did. Because of all this, they will be destroyed.