Habakkuk 2:12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by…”

Habakkuk 2:12

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.

Bible in Basic English

A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing!

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Cross references

“him”

Micah 3:10 Nahum 3:1 Daniel 4:27–31 Joshua 6:26 Jeremiah 22:13–17 Revelation 17:6

Micah 3:10 · BSB

who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Nahum 3:1 · BSB

Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.

Daniel 4:27–31 · BSB

Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

Joshua 6:26 · BSB

At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will…

Jeremiah 22:13–17 · BSB

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

Revelation 17:6 · BSB

I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.

13Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

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