Habakkuk 2:12-14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹²“Alas for you who build a town by bloodshed
    and found a city on iniquity!”^(A)
¹³Is it not from the Lord of hosts
    that peoples labor only to feed the flames
    and nations weary themselves for nothing?
¹⁴But the earth will be filled
    with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
    as the waters cover the sea.^(B)