Habakkuk 2:12
Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
In Context
11For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shall answere it.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand.
1 Kings 16:34In his dayes did Hiel the Bethelite buylde Iericho: he layed the foundation thereof in Abiram his eldest sonne, and set vp the gates thereof in his yongest sonne Segub, according to the worde of the Lord which he spake by Ioshua the sonne of Nun.
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore thus saith ye Lord God, Woe to the bloody citie, for I will make ye burning great.
Micah 3:10They build vp Zion with blood, and Ierusalem with iniquitie.
John 11:47Then gathered the hie Priests, and the Pharises a councill, and said, What shall we doe? For this man doeth many miracles.
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 →