Habakkuk 2

11  For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

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

13  Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

14  For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

15  Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, `to thee' that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

16  Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.

17  For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

18  What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

19  Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

20  But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.


20 - Verses in Habakkuk 2

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