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Habakkuk 2

Hab. 2:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woe
howy (Hebrew #1945)
oh!
KJV usage: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Pronounce: hoh'ee
Origin: a prolonged form of 1930 (akin to 188)
to him that buildeth
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
a town
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
with λblood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
, and stablisheth
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
a city
qiryah (Hebrew #7151)
a city
KJV usage: city.
Pronounce: kir-yaw'
Origin: from 7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building
by iniquity
`evel (Hebrew #5766)
and (feminine) lavlah {av-law'}; or owlah {o-law'}; or .olah {o-law'}; from 5765; (moral) evil
KJV usage: iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).
Pronounce: eh'-vel
Origin: or lavel {aw'-vel}
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bloods.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 4:11‑17• 11And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
 12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be on the earth.
 13And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is too great to be borne.
 14Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a wanderer and fugitive on the earth; and it will come to pass, that every one who finds me will slay me.
 15And Jehovah said to him, Therefore, whoever slayeth Cain, it shall be revenged sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark on Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
 16And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, toward the east of Eden.
 17And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city; and he called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch. (Gen. 4:11‑17)
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Josh. 6:26• 26And Joshua swore at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah who shall rise up and build this city Jericho! In his first-born shall he lay its foundation, and in his youngest son shall he set up its gates. (Josh. 6:26)
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1 Kings 16:34• 34In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundation in Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates in Segub his youngest, according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke through Joshua the son of Nun. (1 Kings 16:34)
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Jer. 22:13‑17• 13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his upper chambers by injustice; that taketh his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not his earning;
 14that saith, I will build me a wide house, and spacious upper chambers; and he cutteth out for himself windows; and it is wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
 15Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.
 16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
 17But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it. (Jer. 22:13‑17)
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Ezek. 24:9• 9Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. (Ezek. 24:9)
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Dan. 4:27‑31• 27Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
 28All this came upon king Nebuchadnezzar.
 29At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon:
 30the king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
 31While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from the heavens: King Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from thee; (Dan. 4:27‑31)
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Mic. 3:10• 10that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with unrighteousness. (Mic. 3:10)
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Nah. 3:1• 1Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and violence; the prey departeth not. (Nah. 3:1)
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John 11:47‑50• 47The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.
 48If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.
 49But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing
 50nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish. (John 11:47‑50)
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Rev. 17:6• 6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with great wonder. (Rev. 17:6)
blood.
Heb. bloods.
Hab. 2:8• 8Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the rest of the peoples shall plunder thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city, and all that dwell therein. (Hab. 2:8)
• {v.12-14} Then comes as the third woe (vs. 12) another divine denunciation on more daring evil, not private only, but public and on a great scale. (“Habakkuk 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by unrighteousness!