Habakkuk 2:15 BSB — MannaFest

Habakkuk 2:15

Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

BSB

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ASV

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

KJV

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Habakkuk (420)

(Verg. 15 seqq.) Woe to him who gives drink to his friend, sending forth his gall and intoxicating him, so that he may see his nakedness. He is filled with shame instead of glory. Drink also yourself, and be drunk, for the cup of the Lord's right hand will surround you, and the vomit of shame will be upon your glory. For the wickedness of Lebanon will cover you, and the destruction of animals will frighten them away, from the blood of men and the iniquity of the land, the city, and all the inhabitants therein.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

From cruelty the prophet goes on to denounce the woe on insolence. “Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor” (to whom he owes love) drink (literally, that maketh him drink); that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also , that thou mayest look (gaze with devilish pleasure) on their nakedness.” This may either be of actual insults (as in the history of Noah), in keeping certainly with the character of the later Babylonians, the last wantonness of unbridled power, making vile sport of those like himself (his neighbor), or it may be drunkenness through misery Isa 29:9 wherein they are bared of all their glory and brought to the lowest shame.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ה֚וֹי	Ho	woe to!	H1945 →
מַשְׁקֵ֣ה	mash.Keh	[one who] makes drink	H8248 →
רֵעֵ֔הוּ	re.'E.hu	<of> neighbor his	H7453 →
מְסַפֵּ֥חַ	me.sa.Pe.ach	[you are] pouring out	H5596 →
חֲמָתְךָ֖	cha.ma.te.Kha	rage your	H2534 →
וְאַ֣ף	ve.'Af	and even	H637 →
שַׁכֵּ֑ר	sha.Ker	you make [them] drunk	H7937 →
לְמַ֥עַן	le.Ma.'an	so as	H4616 →
הַבִּ֖יט	ha.Bit	to look	H5027 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מְעוֹרֵיהֶֽם׃	me.'o.rei.Hem	nakedness<es> their	H4589 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 18:3
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance…
leads to
- Revelation 14:8
  Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 17:2
  The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 18:9
  Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 18:23
  The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 17:2
The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:7
  Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 18:3
  All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 17:6
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
leads to
- Revelation 16:6
  For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
Through
Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
leads to
- Proverbs 30:17
  As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Habakkuk

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Habakkuk