Habakkuk 2:11
the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber will answer it.
Open English Bible (US)
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
12Woe to the person who builds a city by bloodshed, and founds a town by crime
Cross References
Joshua 24:27saying to all the people, “This stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard all that the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you break faith with your God.”
Luke 19:40But Jesus answered, “I tell you that if they are silent, the stones will call out.”
James 5:3Your gold and silver are rusted; and the rust on them will be evidence against you, and will eat into your flesh. It was fire, so to speak, that you stored up for yourselves in these 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 →