Habakkuk 2:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Habakkuk 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Woes on the Evil-doer. Habakkuk 2:5 f. Woe on the insatiable conqueror, who treacherously gathers to himself the heritage of all the nations, only to be the victim of their bitterest malediction...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

iniquity. Hebrew. 'aval. App-44. Not the same word as in Habakkuk 1:3 ; Habakkuk 1:13 .
Habakkuk 2:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The stone, then, from the wall shall cry, and the wood shall answer —what will it answer?— Woe to him who builds a city by blood, and who adorns his city by iniquity. By blood and by ini...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! Wo to him that buildeth a town with blood - At the expense of much slaughter. This is the answer of the beam to the sto...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood - namely, Babylon, rebuilt and enlarged by blood-bought spoils (cf....
Habakkuk 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Faith Triumphant 1-4. The view from the watchtower. 1 . The prophet climbs his tower, for he must reach a vantage point, if he is to contemplate with real understanding and insight the confusion...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(6-20) The destruction of the Chaldæans has hitherto been only implied. It is now plainly foretold in a denunciatory song, put into the mouths of the invader’s victims. In this song there are five st...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 2:1-20 Habakkuk 2:5-20 The dramatic piece Habakkuk 1:2-17 ; Habakkuk 2:1-4 is succeeded by a series of fine taunt-songs, starting after an introduction from Habakkuk 2:6 b, then...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Just Shall Live by Faith” Habakkuk 2:1-20 Having prayed, the prophet expected an answer and looked out for it. When it came, there would be no mistaking it. But until we see eye to eye, we...
Habakkuk 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The proclamations fall into two parts. The first is concerned with the "puffed up," the second concerns the righteous. The "puffed up" are described as haughty, ambitious, conquering, against whom t...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What vision is this? The whole prophecy of Isaiah is called a vision. Isaiah 1:1 . And that we know to have been concerning the Lord Jesus and his gospel. And is not this the same? Was not Jesus sen...
Habakkuk 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, mystic...
Habakkuk 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! Ver. 12. Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood ] This seemeth to be the senseless creatures, black Cantus Son...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wo to him that buildeth a town with blood Wo to those mighty conquerors who have augmented Babylon by unjustly spoiling and ruining many other cities, and destroying their inhabitants. Here we see...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment Predicted; Judgment of the King of Babylon. B. C. 600. 5 Yea also, because he...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whosoever he be that lays foundations in blood, is here threatened, and none so great as to keep Off the woe, deserved and menaced. A town, Heb. city . With blood; in the guilt and with the crue...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Five Woes of God ( Habakkuk 2:6-20 ). God now outlines to Habakkuk how He is going to finally punish Babylon for what it is, and the wonderful blessing to the whole world which will come from...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 2:12 . Woe] the third. Town] Babylon, rebuilt and enlarged by spoils of blood ( Daniel 4:30 ). Habakkuk 2:13 . Fire] Lit. to suffice the fire; conflagration and...
Habakkuk 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 2:1 . I will stand upon my watch. The ancient nations often had no great confidence in what is now called, The faith of treaties. The Israelites kept a watchman on the tower of Jezreel;...
Habakkuk 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood. A curse denounced against bloodshed I. The ground or cause of this curse. The crying, crimson sin of bloodshed. In all generations it has been the ca...
Habakkuk 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Habakkuk 2:1-35 § 5. The prophet, waiting for an answer to his expostulation, is bidden to write the oracle in plain characters, because its fulfilment is certain. Habakkuk...
Habakkuk 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Four Remaining Woes
Habakkuk 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 16:34 ; Daniel 4:27-31 ; Ezekiel 24:9 ; Genesis 4:11-17 ; Habakkuk 2:8 ; Jeremiah 22:13-17 ; John 11:47-50 ; Joshua 6:26 ; Micah 3:10 ; Nahum 3:1 ; Revelation 17:6

Habakkuk 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Habakkuk 2:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Habakkuk 2:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 2:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Habakkuk 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Habakkuk 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Habakkuk 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Habakkuk 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Habakkuk 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Habakkuk 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Habakkuk 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Habakkuk 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Habakkuk 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Habakkuk 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge