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Habakkuk 2:11

For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the wood [-work] will answer it.

Leeser Tanakh

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

10Thou hast counselled shame to thy house, by cutting off many people, and sinning [against] thy soul.

12Woe to him that buildeth a city with blood-guiltiness, and layeth the foundation of a town by wrong-doing.

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Cross References

Joshua 24:27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be among us as a witness; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spoke unto us: it shall be therefore as a witness against you, that ye may not deny your God.

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 →

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