...we were to hold our peace, and refuse to praise her among women, the very stones of the Church would cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber would answer it. If what the woman did, who poured forth a box of precious ointment upon the Head of...

...the stones and the beams of his house witness against him ; [as it is said : " For the stones shall cry out of the wall and the beam out of the timber shall answer it" (Habak. ii. II)].8 » VII. 2. 2 Cf. Macarius, 10-11. ' Macarius, 12-16. 1 56 (603)...

...leaven, fait, trees, feed, &c. Befides many hyperbolical Metaphors j as, in Hab. 2. n. The ftone ftall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber ftiall anfwcr. Lam. 1.4. The waies of Sion lament or mourn, &c. So, Mat. 3. ii. Chriftisfaidto baptize...

...is highly suspect (Ps. 10.3)— sins against his own soul (cf. Jer. 22.13-19), and 'the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it'. The Qumran folk recognized an allusion to 'leprosy' (IQpHab 10.1-5). Hab. 2.9-11...

...of a man's home and the beams of his house testify against him, for it is said: "For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it" [Hab. 2:11]. But the Sages say: A man's soul testifies against him, for it is said:...

...While I live, and slavery lives, I must testify against it. If I should hold my peace, "the stone would cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber would answer it." But though I feel a necessity upon me, and "a woe unto me," if I withhold my testimony,...

...Society, 1839. Excerptfrom pp. 52-57. must testify against it. If I should hold my peace, "the stone would cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber would answer it." But though I feel a necessity upon me, and "a woe unto me," if I withhold my testimony,...

...price thro' the exigencies of the country, they will withhold it from the needy, tho' "the stone should cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber should answer it." Hab. 2.11. . . . If this disposition had not appeared upon the trial, we should...

...shall have their places supplied by books in the running brooks and sermons in stones. "The stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it." When chief priests and scribes have all gone out of the way, the Lord puts stars...

...stones would immediately cry out." He was echoing the words of Habakkuk 2:11: "For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it." This was a figurative way of reproving the Jews for their inexcusable wickedness...