Habakkuk 2:12

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Habakkuk 2:12

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

Him

Blood

Habakkuk 2:8

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Him

And now cursed art thou, from the earth, which opened her mouth to take thy brother's bloods from thy hand.

And Joshua will swear in that time, saying, Cursed the man before Jehovah who shall rise up and build this city Jericho: in his first-born he shall lay its foundation and in his younger he shall set up its doors.

In his days Hiel of the house of God, built Jericho: in Abiram his first born he will found it, and in Segub his younger he set up its gates, according to the word of Jehovah which he spake by the hand of Joshua son of Nun.

Wo to him building his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment; by his neighbor he will work gratuitously, and he will give him not for his work;

For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo to the city of bloods! I will make her pile great

Wherefore, O king, my counsel shall be pleasant to thee, and break off thy sins by justice, and thine iniquities in compassionating the poor; if it shall be a lengthening to thy peace.

Building Zion with bloods and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Wo! to the city of bloods: all of it was filled with falsehood, with violence; the prey will not withdraw.

Then gathered together the chief priests and Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.

And I saw the woman intoxicated from the blood of the holy, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus: and wondered, seeing her, with great wonder.

Blood

For thou didst spoil many nations, all the rest of the peoples shall spoil thee; from the bloods of man, and the violence of the land, of the city, and all dwelling in it.