Habakkuk 2:11
For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
In Context
10You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
12Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
Cross References
Joshua 24:27And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
Luke 19:40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
James 5:3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.
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 →