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Hab. 2:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Gen. 19:32‑35• ³²come, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.
³³And they gave their father wine to drink that night. And the first-born went in, and lay with her father, and he did not know of her lying down, nor of her rising.
³⁴And it came to pass on the next day that the first-born said to the younger, Lo, I lay last night with my father: let us give him wine to drink to-night also, and go thou in, lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.
³⁵And they gave their father wine to drink that night also. And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not know of her lying down, nor of her rising. (Gen. 19:32‑35)

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2 Sam. 11:13• ¹³And David invited him, and he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house. (2 Sam. 11:13)

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2 Sam. 13:26‑28• ²⁶And Absalom said, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee?
²⁷But Absalom pressed him; and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
²⁸And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then slay him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. (2 Sam. 13:26‑28)

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Jer. 25:15• ¹⁵For thus hath Jehovah the God of Israel said unto me: Take the cup of the wine of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it. (Jer. 25:15)

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Jer. 51:7• ⁷Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore have the nations become mad. (Jer. 51:7)

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Rev. 17:2,6• ²with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
⁶And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with great wonder. (Rev. 17:2,6)

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Rev. 18:3• ³because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury. (Rev. 18:3)

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Hos. 7:5• ⁵In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners. (Hos. 7:5)

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Gen. 9:22• ²²And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside. (Gen. 9:22)

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Ex. 32:25• ²⁵And Moses saw the people how they were stripped; for Aaron had stripped them to their shame before their adversaries. (Ex. 32:25)

• {v.15-17} Here we see the most grievous corruption added to violence. No doubt there was shameless dissolution of manners spread by the Chaldeans; but I agree with those who give the words a larger and deeper bearing than such personal excesses, followed by ignominious exposure when judgment shall come on the nations. (“Habakkuk 2” by W. Kelly)

• {v.15-17} With deceit and cunning they deceive the nations into a helpless condition, and thus prepare the way for attacking them with violence, in order to seek their own glory. (“Habakkuk” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink,—that pourest out thy flaski, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

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Or "thy poison," "thy fury."