Bible verse
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
Habakkuk 2:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Habakkuk 2.
8 Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
9 Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
10 You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
11 For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
13 Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
15 Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
16 You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
KJV
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
ASV
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
ERV
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
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