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Habakkuk 2:15

"Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!

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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 will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

16You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink, and be exposed! The cup of the Lord's right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:32Come, let's make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."

Exodus 32:25When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),

2 Samuel 13:26Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us."The king said to him, "Why should he go with you?"

Jeremiah 25:15For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to me: "Take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.

Hosea 7:5On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine.He joined his hand with mockers.

Revelation 17:6I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.

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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