King James Version (KJV)
Habakkuk 2:10
“Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul.”
Verse in context — Habakkuk 2
8
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and [for] the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
9
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
10
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul.
11
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
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Dialogue with God about evil, ending with trust in His sovereignty.
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