the very stones will cry out

An outcry to the heavens; a protest against great injustice.

("For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the woodwork will answer it. Woe to him who builds a city with blood and founds a town on injustice." – Habakkuk 2:11; also: “Lest you say, who will testify against me? The stones of a man’s house and the beams of his dwelling will testify against him, as it is said: ‘For the stone will cry out from the wall and the beam will answer it.’ And the sages say: a man’s own soul will testify against him.” – Talmud, Hagigah 16a; and: “A stone from the wall will cry / if it has not cried yet / a city will burst into song / if it has not sung yet.” – Natan Zach, A Hot Night)

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