Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Habakkuk 2:11

stone . . . cry out—personification. The very stones of thy palace built by rapine shall testify against thee (Luke 19:40).

the beam out of the timber—the crossbeam or main rafter connecting the timbers in the walls.

shall answer it—namely, the stone. The stone shall begin and the crossbeam continue the cry against thy rapine.

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Habakkuk 2:11:

Job 31:38
Ecclesiastes 10:20
Luke 19:40

 

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