Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, isn't it of the Lord of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
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12Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
Cross References
Genesis 11:6The Lord said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
Job 5:13He takes the wise in their own craftiness;the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
Psalms 127:1A Song of Ascents. By Solomon.Unless the Lord builds the house,they labor in vain who build it.Unless the Lord watches over the city,the watchman guards it in vain.
Isaiah 41:5The islands have seen, and fear.The ends of the earth tremble.They approach, and come.
Isaiah 55:2Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Jeremiah 51:64and you shall say, 'Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they shall be weary.'" Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
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 →