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!

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Habakkuk 2:12 in context

  1. 10Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.
  2. 11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
  3. 12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
  4. 13Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
  5. 14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.