Habakkuk 2:13
Are not these things of the Lord Almighty? surely many people have been exhausted in the fire, and many nations have fainted.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
12Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.
Cross References
Genesis 11:6And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.
Job 5:13Who takes the wise in their wisdom, 1 And subverts the counsel of the crafty. 1
Psalms 127:1A Song of Degrees. 1 Blessed are all they that fear the Lord; 1 Who walk in his ways. 1
Isaiah 41:5The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew nigh, and came together,
Isaiah 55:2Wherefore do ye value at the price of money, and give your labor for that which will not satisfy? hearken to me, and ye shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things.
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 →