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The Book of Habakkuk, Chapter 2, Verse 11

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10
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul.
King James Version
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
American Standard Version
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
New English Translation
For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.
World English Bible
For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13
Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
15
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to [him], and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
16
Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing [shall be] on thy glory.
17
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, [which] made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
18
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
19
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.
20
But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
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A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.