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Habakkuk 2:12

Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! This is what the stone and beam should say, if others were silent. The town and city are the church of Rome, mystical…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! - Nebuchadnezzar “encircled the inner city with three walls and the outer city also with three, all of burnt brick. And…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Habakkuk 2:5-14

The prophet having had orders to write the vision, and the people to wait for the accomplishment of it, the vision itself follows; and it is, as divers other prophecies we have met with, the burden of…