Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Context
This verse from Habakkuk Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Habakkuk waits at his watchtower for God's answer. The famous reply: 'the righteous shall live by his faith.' Five woes follow against the wicked conqueror who heaps up plunder, builds cities with blood, and puts neighbors to shame by exposing …
Other Translations
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
Woe <FI>to<Fi> him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.
A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing!
Cross References
In his days did Hiel the Beth–elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set …
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for …
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without …
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
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Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities …
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of …
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name …
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy …