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Habakkuk 2:11
Habakkuk 2:11 is verse 11 of Habakkuk chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
King James Version
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
World English Bible
For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
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Habakkuk 2:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
10 You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
11 For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
13 Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Joshua 24:27And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
Job 31:38if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
Job 31:39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
Job 31:40then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
Luke 19:40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
Hebrews 12:24to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
James 5:3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.
James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”