Habakkuk 2:11

"For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it."

"This is a proverbial expression to denote the horror with which the savage cruelty of the Babylonians was regarded."[29] It is most appropriate that such an expression is used here, because the walls and timbers of Babylon were specifically the fruit extorted from the enslavement of conquered peoples. The ascription of speech to inanimate objects such: as stones is a very forceful way of calling attention to their true meaning, especially as regards their being or utility. Shakespeare spoke of, "Tongues in trees, books in running brooks, and sermons in stones."[30] Our Saviour also used this metaphor as follows: "I tell you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones shall cry out" (Luke 19:40).