Habakkuk 2:11
It is as though the stones in the walls of your houses cry out to accuse you, and it is as though the beams in your ceilings also say the same things.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Joshua 24:27He said to all the people, “Look! It is as though this stone has heard everything that Yahweh said to you and that you promised Yahweh. It will serve as a witness against you if you rebel against your God!”
Luke 19:40He replied, “I tell you this: If these people would be silent, the stones themselves would shout to praise me!”
James 5:3Your gold and silver are worthless [MET], as though they were corroded. When God judges you, this worthless wealth [MTY] of yours will be evidence [PRS] that you are guilty of being greedy, and as rust and fire destroy [MET, SYN] things, God will severely punish you [SIM]. You have ◄ in vain/uselessly► ◄stored up/accumulated► wealth at a time when God is about to judge you [MTY].
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 →