Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 beetle out of the timber shall speak.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand.
1 Kings 16:34And in his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho: he laid the foundation of it in Abiram his firstborn, and he set up the doors of it in Segub his younger son, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will also make the firebrand great,
Micah 3:10who 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 →