A moment in scripture
Habakkuk 2:10
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Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
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The surrounding passage
- Habakkuk 2:8
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
- Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
- Habakkuk 2:11
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
- Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.