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Habakkuk 2:16

You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.

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ASV

Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah’s right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.

KJV

Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שָׂבַ֤עְתָּsa.Va'.tayou are satisfiedH7646 →
קָלוֹן֙ka.lOnshameH7036 →
מִכָּב֔וֹדmi.ka.Vodmore than honorH3519 →
שְׁתֵ֥הshe.TehdrinkH8354 →
גַם־gam-alsoH1571 →
אַ֖תָּה'A.tahyouH859 →
וְהֵֽעָרֵ֑לve.he.'a.Reland be counted as uncircumcisedH6188 →
תִּסּ֣וֹבti.Sovit will come roundH5437 →
עָלֶ֗יךָ'a.Lei.khato youH5921 →
כּ֚וֹסKos[the] cup ofH3563 →
יְמִ֣יןye.Min[the] right [hand] ofH3225 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וְקִיקָל֖וֹןve.ki.ka.Lonand disgraceH7022 →
עַל־'al-[will be] overH5921 →
כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃ke.vo.De.khahonor yourH3519 →

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Jeremiah 30:16Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.Isaiah 47:3Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”Jeremiah 25:27“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’Nahum 3:5–6“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.Nahum 3:5“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.Proverbs 12:21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.Jeremiah 25:26–29all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.Isaiah 51:21–23Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.Hosea 4:7The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.Jeremiah 51:57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.Hosea 7:5The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.Psalms 75:8For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.Isaiah 49:26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”Lamentations 4:21So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.Proverbs 3:35The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

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