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Habakkuk 2:12-13 KJV
Habakkuk · chapter 2 · verses 12–13
12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! 13Behold, 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?Habakkuk 2:12-13 · King James Version
Habakkuk 2:12-13 in context
10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, 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 stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13Behold, 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?
14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
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Key words (Strong's)
- stablishethkûwnproperly, to be erectH3559 →
- buildethbânâhto buildH1129 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- labouryâgaʻproperly, to gaspH3021 →
- peoplelᵉʼôma communityH3816 →
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- wearyyâʻaphto tireH3286 →
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The prophet having had orders to write the vision, and the people to wait for the accomplishment of it, the vision itself follows; and it is, as divers other prophecies we have met with, the burden of Babylon and Babylon's king, the same that was said to pass over and offend, Hab 1:11.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-14