John Trapp on Habakkuk 2:11

Verſe 11. For the ſtone ſhall cry out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber ſhall anſwer it] Here are wofull Antiphonies ſcreech-owles of woe cry aloud from the beames of the oppreſſours chambers, and make moſt hideous noiſes in the eares of their conſciences. So that although none other ſhould dare to mute againſt them, or accuſe them of wrong-dealing; yet their very houſes built by rapine and blood ſhall teſtifie againſt them: ſo ſhall other creatures that grone under their abuſes Rom. 8.19, 20, 22. They ſeeme all to ſay unto us thoſe 3.Lib. 2. de Arcap. 3. words, ſaith Hugo, Accipe, Redde, Fuge; Accipe beneficium, Redde Officium, Fuge Supplicium.

Now if we harken not to them but do the contrary, they ſhall be one day as ſo many ſwift witneſſes againſt us.

and the beame out of the timber ſhall anſwer it] Tignum è ligno reſpondet ei.] An alluſion to reſponſores, as in Quires and muſick: And perhaps the Prophet here tacitely taxeth the Babylonian luxury in keeping Quiriſters and Muſicians for their ſinfull delight. God, ſaith he, will fit you with other ſingſters ſhortly, that ſhall twit you by turns with your murthers and ravages: for the ſtone ſhall cry out of the wall, Woe to him that buildeth a town with bloods: and the beame out of the timber ſhall anſwer it, And wo to him that ſtabliſheth a city by iniquity.