Habakkuk 2:12

The Scriptures 2009

“Woe to him who builds a town by blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness!

Cross References

1 Kings 16:34

In his days Ḥi’ĕl of Bĕyth Ěl built Yeriḥo. He laid its foundation at the cost of Aḇiram his first-born, and at the cost of his youngest son Seḡuḇ he set up its gates, according to the word of יהוה, which He had spoken through Yehoshua son of Nun.

Ezekiel 24:9

Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, “Woe to the city of blood! Let Me also make the pile great.

Micah 3:10

those building up Tsiyon with bloodshed and Yerushalayim with unrighteousness.

Nahum 3:1

Woe to the city of blood! All of it is a lie, filled with plunder, the prey is not lacking.

Habakkuk 2:6

“Shall not all these lift up a proverb against him, and a mocking riddle against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his! Till when is he to load on himself many pledges’?

2 Corinthians 1:21

But He who establishes us with you in Messiah and has anointed us is Elohim,

Joshua 6:26

And Yehoshua warned them at that time, saying, “Cursed is the man before יהוה who rises up and builds this city Yeriḥo – he lays its foundation with his first-born, and with his youngest he sets up its gates.”

Revelation 17:6

And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the set-apart ones, and with the blood of the witnesses of יהושע. And having seen her, I marvelled – greatly marvelled!