Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
1 Kings 16:34In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho; with Abiram his first-born he laid the foundation thereof, and with his youngest son Segub he set up the gates thereof; according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great,
Micah 3:10That build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
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 →