coveteth... covetousness. extorteth. gain.
set his nest on high. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:21).
power. hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the power exercised by it.
evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
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Habakkuk 2:9
9 Woe to him that covetethd an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!