Habakkuk 2:13
“Behold, is it not of the Lord of hostes, that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shal wearie themselues for very vanitie?”
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Habakkuk 2:13 Context
11For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shall answere it. 12¶ Woe to him that buildeth a towne with blood, and stablisheth a citie by iniquitie. 13Behold, is it not of the Lord of hostes, that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shal wearie themselues for very vanitie? 14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters couer the Sea. 15¶ Woe vnto him that giueth his neighbour drinke: that puttest thy bottell to him, and makest him drunken also; that thou mayest looke on their nakednesse.
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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?
- King James Version
"Is it not indeed from the LORD of hosts That peoples toil for fire, And nations grow weary for nothing?
- New American Standard Version (1995)