Habakkuk 2:11 (WEB)

Passage

For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.

Nearby Context

Habakkuk 2:9 Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

Habakkuk 2:10 You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.

Habakkuk 2:11 For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.

Habakkuk 2:12 Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

Habakkuk 2:13 Behold, isn’t it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stone", "wall", "beam", "woodwork", and "answer". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stone" and "wall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "You have devised shame to your house..." into verse 12's "Woe to him who builds a town...", so "stone" and "wall" belong inside that flow. In Habakkuk context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "stone" and "wall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.