World English Bible
Habakkuk 2:12
“Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!”
Verse in context — Habakkuk 2
10
You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.
11
For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
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Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
13
Behold, isn't it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
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For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
About Habakkuk
Dialogue with God about evil, ending with trust in His sovereignty.
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