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Habakkuk 2:12

World English Bible

Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

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Habakkuk 2:12 in other translations

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

Habakkuk 2:12 · American Standard Version

Habakkuk 2:12 in context

  1. 10You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.
  2. 11For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
  3. 12Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
  4. 13Behold, isn’t it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
  5. 14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of Yahweh’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.