Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, 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?
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
Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?
See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?
Cross References
And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to …
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: …
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, …
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth …
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the …
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for …
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.