Habakkuk 2:11
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Updated King James Version
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
12Woe to him that builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
Cross References
Joshua 24:27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest all of you deny your God.
Luke 19:40And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
James 5:3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. All of you have heaped treasure together for 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 →