Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to the person who builds a city by bloodshed, and founds a town by crime
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
In Context
11the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber will answer it.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11Even now you are cursed by the very ground that has opened to receive your brother’s blood shed by your hand.
Micah 3:10who build Zion with acts of bloodshed, and Jerusalem with crime.
John 11:47The chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the High Council, and said, “What are we to do, now that this man is giving so many signs?
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 →