Verse 12

Habakkuk 2:12

English Revised Version

12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

Original Language Text

hebrew

ה֛וֹי בֹּנֶ֥ה עִ֖יר בְּ/דָמִ֑ים וְ/כוֹנֵ֥ן קִרְיָ֖ה בְּ/עַוְלָֽה

English Translation

Woe to him who builds a city with blood and establishes a town with iniquity.

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Chapter 2 Context

1 I WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak... Focus ↗

2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run... Focus ↗

3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: thou... Focus ↗

4 Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Focus ↗

5 Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer, a haughty man, and that keepeth not at home; who enlarg... Focus ↗

6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe... Focus ↗

7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt... Focus ↗

8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall spoil thee; because of... Focus ↗

9 Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be... Focus ↗

10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy sou... Focus ↗

11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. Focus ↗

12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary t... Focus ↗

14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the s... Focus ↗

15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that addest thy venom thereto, and makest him drunken... Focus ↗

16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised: the cup of the L... Focus ↗

17 For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made the... Focus ↗

18 What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and the te... Focus ↗

19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it i... Focus ↗

20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. Focus ↗

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