Holy Scripture
Habakkuk 2:9
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 9.) Woe to him who gathers evil greed to his house, that his nest may be on high and he may escape from the power of evil. You have devised ruin to your house, you have destroyed many peoples, and your soul has sinned. For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the woodwork will answer. LXX: O…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.
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7For suddenly there shall arise up those that bite him, and they that plot against thee shall awake, and thou shalt be a plunder to them.
8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the nations that are left shall spoil thee, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.
— Habakkuk 2:9 —
10Thou hast devised shame to thy house, thou hast utterly destroyed many nations, and thy soul has sinned.
11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beetle out of the timber shall speak.