Behold, isn’t it from the LORD of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Habakkuk 2:13 in context
Habakkuk 2:10–16
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You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.
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For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
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Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
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Behold, isn’t it from the LORD of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
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For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.
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“Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!
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You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink and be exposed! The cup of the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.
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