Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 4:11Now, therefore, cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand,
1 Kings 16:34In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho: in Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundations: and in his youngest son Segub he set up the gates thereof: according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke in the hand of Josue the son of Nun.
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, of which I will make a great bonfire.
Micah 3:10You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
John 11:47The chief priests therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered a council, and said: What do we, for this man doth many miracles?
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 →