Habakkuk 2:12 BSB — MannaFest

Habakkuk 2:12

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Habakkuk (420)

(Verse 12 and following) Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed, and establishes a town with injustice: are these things not from the Lord of hosts? For the peoples shall labor in vain, and the nations shall exhaust themselves: for the earth shall be filled, that they may know the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. LXX: Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed, and establishes a town with wickedness: are these things not from the Almighty Lord?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Wo to him that buildeth a town with blood - At the expense of much slaughter. This is the answer of the beam to the stone. And these things will refer to the vast fortunes gained, and the buildings erected, by means of the slave-trade; where, to a considerate and humane mind, the walls appear as if composed of the bones of negroes, and cemented by their blood! But the towns or houses established by this iniquity soon come to ruin; and the fortunes made have, in most cases, become as chaff and dust before the whirlwind of God’s indignation.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ה֛וֹי	Ho	woe to!	H1945 →
בֹּנֶ֥ה	bo.Neh	[one who] builds	H1129 →
עִ֖יר	'ir	a city	H5892 →
בְּדָמִ֑ים	be.da.Mim	by blood<s>	H1818 →
וְכוֹנֵ֥ן	ve.kho.Nen	and he establishes	H3559 →
קִרְיָ֖ה	kir.Yah	a town	H7151 →
בְּעַוְלָֽה׃	be.'av.Lah	by injustice	H5766 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 6:26
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;…
leads to
- 1 Kings 16:34
  In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to…
- Acts 19:13
  Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
Through
Nahum 3:1
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
leads to
- Zephaniah 3:1–3
  Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
- Hosea 4:2
  Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Ezekiel 22:2–3
  “As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations
- Ezekiel 24:6–9
  Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for…
Through
Micah 3:10
who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
leads to
- Habakkuk 2:9–12
  Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
- Jeremiah 22:13–17
  “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,

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Habakkuk

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Habakkuk