Habakkuk 2:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Wo vnto him that buyldeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.

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  • Mic 3:10 : 10 They builde vp Sion with blood, and Hierusalem with iniquitie.
  • Nah 3:1 : 1 O bloody citie, stuffed throughout with falsehood, with extreme dealing, nor wilbe brought from spoyling.
  • John 11:47-50 : 47 Then gathered the hye priestes and the pharisees a councell, and sayde: What do we? For this man doth many miracles. 48 If we let hym scape thus, all men wyll beleue on him, and the Romaynes shall come, and take away both our rowme and the people. 49 And one of them named Caiaphas, beyng the hye priest that same yere, sayde vnto them: Ye perceaue nothyng at all, 50 Nor consider, that it is expedient for vs, that one man dye for the people, and not that all the people perishe.
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 And I sawe ye woman dronken with the blood of the martirs of Iesus: And when I sawe her, I wondred with great maruayle.
  • Gen 4:11-17 : 11 And nowe art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande. 12 If thou tyll the grounde, she shall not yeelde vnto thee her strength. A fugitiue and a vacabound shalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain sayde vnto the Lord: My iniquitie is more then that it may be forgeuen. 14 Beholde, thou hast cast me out this day from the vpper face of the earth, & from thy face shall I be hyd, fugitiue also and a vacabounde shall I be in the earth: and it shall come to passe, that euery one that fyndeth me shal slay me. 15 And the Lorde said vnto him: Uerely whosoeuer slayeth Cain, he shalbe punished seuen folde. And the Lorde set a marke vpon Cain, lest any man fyndyng hym shoulde kyll hym. 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lorde, & dwelt in the lande of Nod, eastwarde from Eden. 17 Cain also knewe his wyfe, whiche conceaued and bare Henoch, and buyldyng a citie, he called the name of the same citie after the name of his sonne Henoch.
  • Josh 6:26 : 26 And Iosuah sware at that tyme, saying: Cursed be the man before the Lord that ryseth vp, and buyldeth this citie Iericho: He shall lay the foundation thereof in his eldest sonne, and in his youngest sonne shall he set vp the gates of it.
  • 1 Kgs 16:34 : 34 In his dayes did Hiel of Bethel build Iericho: He layde the foundation therof in Abiram his eldest sonne, and set vp the gates thereof in his youngest sonne Segub, according vnto the word of the Lorde which he spake by Iosuah the sonne of Nun.
  • Jer 22:13-17 : 13 Wo worth hym that buyldeth his house with vnrighteousnesse, and his parlours with the good that he hath gotten by violence, which neuer recompenceth his neighbours labour, nor payeth hym his hyre: 14 Who thinketh in hym selfe, I wyll buylde me a wyde house and gorgious parlours, who causeth windowes to be hewen therin, and the seelinges and ioystes maketh he of Cedar, and painteth them with Sinoper. 15 Thinkest thou to raigne nowe that thou hast inclosed thy selfe with Cedar? Did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper well, as long as he dealt with equitie and righteousnesse? 16 Yea, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well: From whence came this, but onlye because he knewe me, saith the Lorde? 17 Neuerthelesse, as for thyne eyes and thyne heart they loke vpon couetousnesse, to shed innocent blood, to do wrong and violence.
  • Ezek 24:9 : 9 Wherefore thus sayth the Lorde God: O wo be vnto the bloodthirstie citie, for whom euen I my selfe wil make a great fire,
  • Dan 4:27-31 : 27 Wherfore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable vnto thee, and breake of thy sinnes by righteousnesse, and thyne iniquities by mercie towarde the poore: lo, let there be a healing of thyne errour. 28 All these thinges touche the king Nabuchodonozor. 29 So after twelue monethes, the king walked in the palace of the kingdome of Babylon. 30 And the king spake, & sayd: Is not this great Babylon that I haue buylt for the house of the kingdome by the might of my power, and for the honour of my maiestie? 31 Whyle these wordes were yet in the kinges mouth, there fell a voyce from heauen, saying: O king Nabuchodonozor, to thee be it spoken, Thy kingdome is departed from thee,

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  • Mic 3:10
    82%

    10 They builde vp Sion with blood, and Hierusalem with iniquitie.

  • Jer 22:13-14
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    13 Wo worth hym that buyldeth his house with vnrighteousnesse, and his parlours with the good that he hath gotten by violence, which neuer recompenceth his neighbours labour, nor payeth hym his hyre:

    14 Who thinketh in hym selfe, I wyll buylde me a wyde house and gorgious parlours, who causeth windowes to be hewen therin, and the seelinges and ioystes maketh he of Cedar, and painteth them with Sinoper.

  • Hab 2:8-11
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    8 Because thou hast spoyled many nations, all the remnaunt of the people shall spoyle thee, because of mens blood, and for the wrong done in the lande, in the citie, and vnto all that dwell therin.

    9 Wo he that coueteth an euyll couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euyll.

    10 Thou hast consulted shame to thyne owne house, by destroying many people, & hast sinned against thyne owne soule.

    11 For the stone shall crye out of the wal, and the beame out of the timber shall aunswere it.

  • Nah 3:1
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    1 O bloody citie, stuffed throughout with falsehood, with extreme dealing, nor wilbe brought from spoyling.

  • Ps 55:10-11
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    10 They do compasse it day and night within the walles: mischiefe also and labour, are in the midst of it.

    11 Malice is in the midst of it: disceipt and guyle go not out of her streates.

  • Mic 2:1-2
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    1 Wo vnto them that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes: when the morning is light they practise it, because their hande hath power.

    2 And they couet fieldes, and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away: so they oppresse a man and his house, euen man and his heritage.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from hym burdens of wheate: ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.

  • Isa 25:2
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    2 Thou hast made a citie a heape of stones, and brought a strong towne into decay: the habitation of straungers hast thou made to be no citie, neither shall it be buylded any more.

  • Ezek 24:8-9
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    8 That it might cause wrath to arise, and take vengeaunce: I haue set her blood vpon a high drye rocke, that it shoulde not be couered.

    9 Wherefore thus sayth the Lorde God: O wo be vnto the bloodthirstie citie, for whom euen I my selfe wil make a great fire,

  • Hab 2:13
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    13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hoastes that the people shall labour in the very fire? the people shall euen weery them selues for very vanitie.

  • Hos 6:8
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    8 Gilead is a citie of wicked doers, and is polluted with blood.

  • Isa 5:8
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    8 Wo vnto them that ioyne one house to another, and bring one lande so nigh vnto another, that there is no more place: Wyll ye be placed alone in the myddest of the earth?

  • Isa 1:21
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    21 Howe happeneth it then that the righteous citie which was full of equitie, is become vnfaythfull as a whore? Righteousnesse dwelt in it, but nowe murtherers.

  • Zeph 3:1
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    1 Wo to that abhominable, filthy, and cruel citie.

  • Ezek 24:6
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    6 With that sayde the Lorde God on this maner, Wo vnto the blooddy citie, to the pot whose scumme is therin, & whose scumme is not gone out of it: bryng it out peece by peece, let no lot fall vpon it.

  • Mic 3:12
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    12 Therefore shall Sion for your sake be plowed as a fielde, & Hierusalem shalbe an heape, and the mountaine of the house as the hie places of the forest.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11 But wo be vnto the wicked, for it shalbe euyll with hym: for he shalbe rewarded after his owne workes.

  • Mal 1:4
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    4 Though Edom say, We are impouerished, but we wil returne and builde the desolate places: yet saith the Lorde of hoastes, They shal builde, but I wil destroy: & they shal cal them, The border of wickednes, & the people with whom the Lorde is angry for euer.

  • Isa 14:21
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    21 Let there a way be sought to destroy their children that be in their fathers wickednesse, that they come not vp agayne to possesse the lande, and fyll the worlde full of enemies.

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    12 For the riche men thereof are full of crueltie, and the inhabitantes thereof haue spoken lyes, and haue deceitfull tongues in their mouthes.

  • Zeph 1:13
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    13 Therfore their goodes shalbe spoyled, & their houses layed waste: they shall buylde houses, and not dwell in them, they shall plante vineyardes, but not drinke the wine therof.

  • Ezek 11:2-3
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    71%

    2 Then sayde he vnto me, Thou sonne of man, these men imagine mischiefe, & a wicked counsayle take they in this citie,

    3 Saying, It is not neare, let vs builde houses: this Hierusalem is the cauldron, and we be the fleshe.

  • Jer 6:6
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    6 For thus hath the Lorde of hoastes commaunded, Hewe downe her trees, and set vp bulwarkes against Hierusalem: for the tyme is come that this citie must be punished, for in her is all maliciousnesse.

  • Ezek 7:23
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    23 Make a chayne: for the lande is full of the iudgement of blood, and the citie is full of extortion.

  • Jer 22:17
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    17 Neuerthelesse, as for thyne eyes and thyne heart they loke vpon couetousnesse, to shed innocent blood, to do wrong and violence.

  • Ezek 11:6
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    6 Many one haue ye murthered in this citie, and fylled the streetes full of the slayne:

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    18 Wo be vnto them that drawe wickednesse with cordes of vanitie, and sinne as it were with a cart rope.

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    11 In the blessyng of the ryghteous the citie is exalted: but it is ouerthrowen by the mouth of the wicked.

  • Ezek 22:3
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    3 And tell them, thus saith the Lorde God, The citie sheddeth blood in the middest of it, that her tyme may come, and maketh idols agaynst her selfe, to defile her selfe.

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    12 They shall rob thy riches, and spoyle thy marchaundise, thy walles shall they breake downe, and destroy thy houses of pleasure, thy stones, thy timber, and dust shall they cast into the mids of the water.

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    1 Wo be vnto them that make vnrighteous lawes, and that causeth their actuaries to wryte greeuousnesse,

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    12 Men out of the citie crye vnto the Lord with sighing, the soules of the slayne also crye out, yet God regardeth not their complaynt.

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    13 Beholde, I haue smitten my handes vpon thy couetousnesse that thou hast vsed, and vpon the blood which hath ben shed in thee.

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    1 The burthen of the valley of vision. What hast thou to do here, that thou clymbest to the house toppes?