Habakkuk 2:10

"Thou has devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against thy soul."

As Ward pointed out, each of these woes has three verses, and the three are necessary to make the meaning clear. For example, in this woe, the reference to "the eagle's nest" would seem to apply to Edom; but here in Habakkuk 2:10, "The repetition of the multiplied conquests applies the malediction still to the Chaldeans."[28]

"Thou hast devised shame to thy house ..." By riding rough-shod over weaker and less fortunate people, the Babylonians thought they were building their own security; but actually they were destroying it. As Jeremiah expressed it, "Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces" (Jeremiah 7:19)? Sin always has a violent recoil impacting upon the sinner himself.