Habakkuk 2:12
American Standard Version
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
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Habakkuk 2:12 in other translations
Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
Habakkuk 2:12 in context
- 10Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.
- 11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
- 12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
- 13Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
- 14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.