Habakkuk 2:6 meaning and explanation

Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’

Habakkuk 2:6, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD has just described the proud, greedy empire that swallows other nations (2:4-5). Now Habakkuk hears what follows: the plundered peoples themselves will take up a taunt, a mocking song, against their oppressor.

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