Habakkuk 2:12 KJV — MannaFest

Habakkuk 2:12

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

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Habakkuk — A prophet in dialogue with God — two complaints, two answers, a psalm. ‘The just shall live by his faith’ — cited three times in the NT.

Author: Habakkuk the prophet (1:1)
Date: Late 7th c. BC, shortly before the Babylonian rise to dominance

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14 verses on the floor

Micah 3:10
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
James 1:13
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
Daniel 4:27–31
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
Joshua 6:26
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

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So Nebuchadnezzar did ( Dan. iv. 30 ): Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom? But it is built with the blood of his own subjects, whom he has oppressed, and the blood of his neighbours, whom he has unjustly invaded; it is established by iniquity, by the unrighteous laws that are made for the security of it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

buildeth a town with blood--namely, Babylon rebuilt and enlarged by blood-bought spoils (compare Da 4:30).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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