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Habakkuk 2:15 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Habakkuk 2:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Habakkuk chapter 2 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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!”
Habakkuk 2:15 (KJV)
Commentary on Habakkuk 2:15
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! The fourth of five woe oracles condemns Babylon's brutal exploitation of conquered nations. The imagery of forcing drink to expose shame depicts deliberate humiliation—making victims vulnerable to mock their degradation. The Hebrew חֶמְאָה (chemah, bottle/wrath) creates wordplay: Babylon offers both literal intoxication and divine wrath."Makest him drunken" (וְשַׁכֵּר/veshakker) indicates coercive action—forcing intoxication to exploit weakness. "...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Habakkuk 2:15
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“who made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.”
“the father of Canaan”
“and those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality.,With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.,,,,,,,,”
“and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her”
“the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her”
“the God of Israel”
“let's make our father drink wine”
“(for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies)”
“the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.”
“he ate and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord”