Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by unrighteousness!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
In Context
11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
1 Kings 16:34In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundation in Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates in Segub his youngest, according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke through Joshua the son of Nun.
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
Micah 3:10that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with unrighteousness.
John 11:47The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.
Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:6-15
Judgment Predicted; Judgment of the King of Babylon. ( b. c. 600.) 5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall… Read the whole commentary →