King James Version (KJV)
Habakkuk 2:12
“Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!”
Verse in context — Habakkuk 2
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!
13
Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
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