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10 You have brought shame to yourself[a] by killing many people—
    you are forfeiting your own life.
11 Indeed, the stone will cry out from the wall
    and the rafter will respond from the woodwork.”

Judgment on the Lawless

12 “Woe to the one who founds a city upon bloodshed,
    and constructs a city by lawlessness.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:10 Lit. to your house

10 You have plotted the ruin(A) of many peoples,
    shaming(B) your own house and forfeiting your life.
11 The stones(C) of the wall will cry out,
    and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed(D)
    and establishes a town by injustice!

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