OLD TESTAMENT

Habakkuk 2:9

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Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

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Verse 9. Wo. This is commonly understood of Nabuchodonosor; but it seems rather to designate Joakim, (Jeremiah 22:13) whose injustice scandalized the prophet. Calmet.

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