Habakkuk 2:12

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

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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...
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, on...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

iniquity. Hebrew. 'aval. App-44. Not the same word as in Habakkuk 1:3 ; Habakkuk 1:13 .
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...
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 sl...
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,...
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...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(12-14) “Woe on the extension of Babylon by oppression and enforced labour.
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 a...
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 b...
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...
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 g...
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...
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...
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 citi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment Predicted; Judgment of the King of Babylon. B. C. 600....
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. c...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Third Woe ( Habakkuk 2:12-14 ). Habakkuk 2:12-14 ‘Woe to him who builds a town with blood, And establishes a city by iniquity. Behold is...
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 . F...
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 Is...
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 o...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Four Remaining Woes
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood! with blood-bought spoils, as Babylon was built, and stablisheth a city by iniquity, by violence and opp...

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

Related Commentaries of Habakkuk 2:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Habakkuk 2:12