Habakuk 2:12

2:12 The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead ¹  –

he who starts ²  a town by unjust deeds.

[2:12]  ¹ tn On the term הוֹי (hoy) see the note on the word “dead” in v. 6.

[2:12]  ² tn Or “establishes”; or “founds.”