Holy Scripture
Habakkuk 2:11
A church father on this verse
“Helena adored the king, not the wood [of the cross], indeed, because this is an error of the Gentiles and a vanity of the wicked. But she adored him who hung on the tree, whose name was inscribed in the title; him, I say, as a scarab, cried out to his Father to forgive the sins of his persecutors. The woman eagerly ha…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beetle out of the timber shall speak.
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In context
9Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.
10Thou hast devised shame to thy house, thou hast utterly destroyed many nations, and thy soul has sinned.
— Habakkuk 2:11 —
12Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.
13Are not these things of the Lord Almighty? surely many people have been exhausted in the fire, and many nations have fainted.