Habakkuk 2:12 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! {blood: Heb. bloods}”

Habakkuk 2:12

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Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned {against} thy soul.

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. {beam: or, piece, or, fastening} {answer it: or, witness against it}

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! {blood: Heb. bloods}

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? {for...: or, in vain?}

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. {with...: or, by knowing the glory}

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Habakkuk 2:1

"I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. {tower: Heb. fenced place} {unto me: or, in me} {when...: or, when I am argued with: Heb. upon my reproof, or, arguing}"

Habakkuk 2:2

"And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make {it} plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it."

Habakkuk 2:3

"For the vision {is} yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry."

Habakkuk 2:4

"Behold, his soul {which} is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith."

Habakkuk 2:5

"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: {Yea...: or, How much more}"

Habakkuk 2:6

"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! {Woe...: or, Ho, he}"

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