Habakkuk 2:11
For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
World English Bible
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
10You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.
12Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
Cross References
Joshua 24:27Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the LORD’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”
Luke 19:40He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
James 5:3Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the 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 →