For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the woodwork will respond—the personification of the very materials of Babylon's palaces suggests that creation itself bears witness against injustice. The stones and beams, built through oppressive labor, cry out in accusation. This verse invokes the tradition of the earth testifying against human wickedness (as in Abel's blood crying from the ground); creation is not morally neutral but witnesses to and condemns injustice.

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