Habakkuk 2:15

Woe to him that gives his neighbour to drink the thick lees of wine, and intoxicates him, that he may look upon their secret parts.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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!

In Context

14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord; it shall cover them as water.

16Drink thou also thy fill of disgrace instead of glory: shake, O heart, and quake, the cup of the right hand of the Lord has come round upon thee, and dishonour has gathered upon thy glory.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:32Come and let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father.

Exodus 32:25And when Moses saw that the people was scattered,—for Aaron had scattered them so as to be a rejoicing to their enemies,—

2 Samuel 13:26And Abessalom said to him, And if not, let, I pray thee, my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee?

Jeremiah 25:15Thus saith the Lord, The bow of Ælam is broken, even the chief of their power.

Hosea 7:5In the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:6-15

Judgment Predicted; Judgment of the King of Babylon. ( b. c. 600.) 5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall… Read the whole commentary →

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