Habakkuk 2:12
Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
In Context
11For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;
1 Kings 16:34In his days hath Hiel the Beth-Elite built Jericho; in Abiram his first-born he laid its foundation, and in Segub his youngest he set up its doors, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake by the hand of Joshua son of Nun.
Ezekiel 24:9Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe [to] the city of blood, yea, I — I make great the pile.
Micah 3:10Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.
John 11:47the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, 'What may we do? because this man doth many signs?
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 →