Habakkuk 2:16

Thou art sated with contempt, more than glory, drink, thou too, and expose thy person,—the cup of the right hand of Yahweh, shall come round unto thee, and ignominious filth be upon thy glory;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15Alas! for him who causeth his neighbour to drink, from the goblet of thy fury, and also, making him drunk,—to the end thou mayest gloat over their parts of shame.

17For, the violence [done] to Lebanon, shall cover thee, and wasting by wild beasts shall cause them terror,—for shedding Human blood, and doing violence to the earth, to the city, and to all who dwell therein.

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Cross References

Psalms 75:8For, a cup, is in the hand of Yahweh, Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another,—Surely, the dregs thereof, they shall drain out—they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth.

Isaiah 20:4So, shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia young and old disrobed and barefoot, with their persons behind Uncovered the shame of Egypt.

Isaiah 47:3Bared shall be thy shame, Yea seen thy reproach,—An avenging, will I take, And will accept no son of earth.

Isaiah 51:21Therefore, hear, I pray thee, this, thou humbled one,—And drunken but not with wine:—

Jeremiah 25:26And all the kings of the North, the near and the far every man with his brother, and all the kingdoms of the earth which are on the face of the ground; And the king of Sheshach, shall drink, after them.

Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, thou inhabitress in the and of Uz,—Even unto thee, shall the cup pass along, thou shalt be drunken, and expose thy shame.

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:16-20

Judgment Predicted. ( b. c. 600.) 15 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! 16 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. 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the… Read the whole commentary →

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