Habakkuk 2:15

Habakkuk 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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!
• New International Version (NIV)“Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk, so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink— you pour out your wrath and make them drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, Pressing him to your bottle, Even to make him drunk, That you may look on his nakedness!

Context of Habakkuk 2:15

13Isn’t it from the Lord of Armies that people grow tired only to feed the flames and nations exhaust themselves for nothing? 14But the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory like the water covers the sea. “ ‘How horrible it will be for the one who makes his neighbor drink from the bowl of God’s rage, making him drunk in order to stare at his nakedness.’ 16You are filled with disgrace rather than glory. Drink! Yes you! And expose yourself as godless. The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory. 17The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction done to the animals will terrify you because of the slaughter and violence done to lands, cities, and all their inhabitants.

Habakkuk 2:15 word by word

ה֚וֹי מַשְׁקֵ֣ה רֵעֵ֔הוּ מְסַפֵּ֥חַ חֲמָתְךָ֖ וְאַ֣ף שַׁכֵּ֑ר לְמַ֥עַן הַבִּ֖יט עַל־מְעוֹרֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Woeהוֹיhôy · woe!H1945
• unto him that giveth his neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• drinkשָׁקָהshâqâh · to water: drinkH8248
• that puttestסָפַחsâphach ώâphach · to attachH5596
• thy bottleחֵ֫מֶתchêmeth · bottleH2573
• drunkenשָׁכַרshâkar · be drunkH7937
• also, that thou mayest lookנָבַטnâbaţ · to lookH5027
• on their nakednessמָעוֹרmâ‛ôr · nakednessH4589

Cross-references for Habakkuk 2:15

• Genesis 19:32Let’s give our father wine to drink. Then we’ll go to bed with him so that we’ll be able to preserve our family line through our father.”
• 2 Samuel 11:13David summoned him, ate and drank with him, and got him drunk. But that evening Uriah went to lie down on his bed among his superior’s mercenaries. He didn’t go home.
• 2 Samuel 13:26So Absalom said, “If you won’t go, then please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked him.
• Jeremiah 25:15This is what the Lord God of Israel said to me: Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I’m sending you drink from it.
• Jeremiah 51:7Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand. It made the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine. That is why the nations have gone insane.
• Revelation 17:2The kings of the earth had sex with her, and those living on earth became drunk on the wine of her sexual sins.”
• Revelation 18:3All the nations fell because of the wine of her sexual sins. The kings of the earth had sex with her. Her luxurious wealth has made the merchants of the earth rich.”
• Hosea 7:5On the day of the king’s celebration, the officials become drunk from wine, and the king joins mockers.
• Genesis 9:22Ham, father of Canaan, saw his father naked. So he went outside and told his two brothers.
• Exodus 32:25Aaron had let the people get out of control, and they became an object of ridicule to their enemies. When Moses saw this,

Commentaries on Habakkuk 2:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Wo unto him that giveth his neighbor drink - This has been considered as applying to Pharaoh-hophra, king of Egypt, who enticed his neighbors Jehoiachin and Zedekiah to rebel against Nebuchadnezzar, whereby the nakedness and imbecility of the poor Jews was soon discovered; for the Chaldeans soon took Jerusalem, and carried its kings, princes, and people, into captivity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15From cruelty the prophet goes on to denounce the woe on insolence. “Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor” (to whom he owes love) drink (literally, that maketh him drink); that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look (gaze with devilish pleasure) on their nakedness.” This may either be of actual insults (as in the history of Noah), in keeping certainly with the character of the later Babylonians, the last wantonness…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-20Verses 15-20 A severe woe is pronounced against drunkenness; it is very fearful against all who are guilty of drunkenness at any time, and in any place, from the stately palace to the paltry ale-house. To give one drink who is in want, who is thirsty and poor, or a weary traveller, or ready to perish, is charity; but to give a neighbour drink, that he may expose himself, may disclose secret concerns, or be drawn into a bad bargain, or for any such…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-17In the fourth taunt song, the Babylonians face condemnation for their shameful acts against people, animals, and the environment. They are like a man who pretends to be friendly but, after getting his neighbors drunk, takes everything from them. However, the Babylonians will face disgrace after drinking from the cup of the Lord’s judgment (see Jeremiah 25:15–17; compare John 18:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. giveth ... neighbour drink ... puttest ... bottle to him--literally, "skin," as the Easterns use "bottles" of skin for wine. Maurer, from a different Hebrew root, translates, "that pourest in thy wrath." English Version keeps up the metaphor better. It is not enough for thee to be "drunken" thyself, unless thou canst lead others into the same state. The thing meant is, that the Chaldean king, with his insatiable desires (a kind of intoxication)…Read the comment

Topics related to Habakkuk 2:15

• Drunkenness

In the dictionaries

• Blood
• Bottle
• Consult
• Put
• Teach
• Weary
• Wood
• Habakkuk
• Naked; Nakedness
• Neighbor

Commentaries on Habakkuk 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings