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Verse Habakkuk 2:15. _WO UNTO HIM THAT GIVETH HIS NEIGHBOUR DRINK_]
This has been considered as applying to _Pharaoh-hophra_, king of
Egypt, who enticed his neighbours Jehoiachin and Zedekiah to rebe...
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From 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
h...
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CHAPTER 2
The Ungodliness of the Chaldeans and Their Destruction
_ 1. The waiting prophet and the message he received (Habakkuk 2:1) _
2. The five-fold woe upon the Chaldeans (Habakkuk 2:5)
Habakku...
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WOES ON THE EVIL-DOER.
Habakkuk 2:5 f. Woe on the insatiable conqueror, who treacherously
gathers to himself the heritage of all the nations, only to be the
victim of their bitterest maledictions.
Ha...
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THAT PUTTEST THY BOTTLE TO HIM. that addest (or pourest) thy fury or
venom (Hebrew construct form of _hemah_. heat, wrath; not of _hemeth
=_ bottle) thereto. See Oxford _Gesenius,_ p. 705, under _saph...
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_WOE TO THOSE THAT SEEK PLEASURE AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS HABAKKUK
2:15-17:_ God told the Chaldeans, "You are doomed! You get your
friends drunk, just to see them naked. Now you will be disgraced
inst...
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JEHOVAH'S ANSWER. Habakkuk 2:1-20
RV. I will stand upon my watch and set me upon the tower, and will
look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer
concerning my complaint. And...
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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!
WOE UNTO HIM THAT GIVETH HIS NEIGHBOUR DRINK, TH...
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2:15 flask, (i-14) Or 'thy poison,' 'thy fury.'...
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FAITH TRIUMPHANT
1-4. The view from the watchtower.
1. The prophet climbs his tower, for he must reach a vantage point, if
he is to contemplate with real understanding and insight the confusion
about...
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THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA
Habakkuk
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 2
V1 I will stand and I will watch. I will stay on the walls (of the
city). I will look to see what (God) will say to me. And I will see...
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(6-20) The destruction of the Chaldæans has hitherto been only
implied. It is now plainly foretold in a denunciatory song, put into
the mouths of the invader’s victims. In this song there are five
str...
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WOE UNTO HIM. — It is possible that wanton outrages committed by the
debauched Babylonian soldiery in the hour of triumph are here meant.
And this is in accordance with the mention of drunkenness as t...
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(15-17) Woe on the cruel invader who has made the world drink of the
cup of wrath....
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הֹ֚וי מַשְׁקֵ֣ה רֵעֵ֔הוּ מְסַפֵּ֥חַ
חֲמָתְךָ֖ וְ...
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Habakkuk 2:1
Habakkuk 2:5
The dramatic piece Habakkuk 1:2; Habakkuk 2:1 is succeeded by a series
of fine taunt-songs, starting after an in
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“THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH”
Habakkuk 2:1-20
Having prayed, the prophet expected an answer and looked out for it.
When it came, there would be no mistaking it. But until we see eye to
eye, we must...
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The proclamations fall into two parts. The first is concerned with the
"puffed up," the second concerns the righteous.
The "puffed up" are described as haughty, ambitious, conquering,
against whom th...
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Woe to him that giveth his neighbour (m) drink, that puttest thy
bottle to [him], and makest [him] drunk also, that thou mayest look on
their nakedness!
(m) He reproaches by this the king of Babylon,...
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_Wo. All this may refer to the king of Egypt, who deceived Joakim,
Sedecias, &c. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "O, he who giveth drink to his
neighbour, a cruel overthrow, and who maketh," &c. --- Nakednes...
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I should conceive, that in allusion to gospel salvation, which the
enemies of the cross will endeavour to counteract, the expressions
here mean the awful character of those who aim to intoxicate the m...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
There is no prophetic delivery among the twelve lesser books more
peculiar and characteristic than that of Habakkuk. It has no longer
the occupation with the...
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This passage, in which the Prophet condemns the king of Babylon for
his usual practice of rendering drunk his friends, is frigidly
interpreted by most expounders. It has been already often said how
bo...
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There the prophet stops, that God in His time may explain this;
watches, like a sentinel, to receive the answer of God to the anxiety
of his soul. God, in order to comfort His prophet and all His fait...
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WOE UNTO HIM THAT GIVETH HIS NEIGHBOUR DRINK,.... Before the full
accomplishment of the above prophecy concerning the abundance of the
knowledge of the Lord in the earth, and before the utter destruct...
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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!
Ver. 15. _Woe unto him that giveth his neighbo...
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_Wo unto him that giveth his neighbour drink_ By the metaphorical
expressions used in this verse is signified the perfidy of
Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans, who gained advantage over other
nations b...
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THE FOUR REMAINING WOES...
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Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, as the Babylonians did,
figuratively speaking, THAT PUTTEST THY BOTTLE TO HIM, or, "while thou
addest thy wrath,". AND MAKEST HIM DRUNKEN ALSO THAT THOU MA...
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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 g...
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Another public and crying sin of this Chaldean kingdom was excessive
drinking, and making one another drunk, and for this God will severely
punish. PUTTEST THY BOTTLE to him; forcing them by importuni...
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Habakkuk 2:15 Woe H1945 drink H8248 (H8688) neighbor H7453 Pressing
H5596 (H8764) bottle H2573 drunk H7937 ...
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THE FOURTH WOE (HABAKKUK 2:15). .
Habakkuk 2:15
‘Woe to him who gives his neighbour drink,
Adding your wrath to him,
And makes him drunk as well,
In order that you may look on their nakedness.'
T...
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THE FIVE WOES OF GOD (HABAKKUK 2:6).
God now outlines to Habakkuk how He is going to finally punish Babylon
for what it is, and the wonderful blessing to the whole world which
will come from His acti...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's response to Habakkuk's testimony. Vision of coming
woes.
CHARACTERS: God, Habakkuk.
CONCLUSION: The lusts of the flash, the lusts of the eye and the pride
of life are the entangl...
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Zechariah 2:1. _I will stand upon my watch._ The ancient nations often
had no great confidence in what is now called, The faith of treaties.
The Israelites kept a watchman on the tower of Jezreel; oth...
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HABAKKUK 2:2 God’s Response. The Lord assures Habakkuk that he will
punish all the wicked, at the right time.
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HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:6 This taunt against the Babylonians
consists of five “woe oracles” (vv. Habakkuk 2:6, Habakku
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HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:15 WOE. Babylon is condemned for
violence against its neighbors. GAZE AT THEIR NAKEDNESS. That is,
strip their land bare to dishonor them (compare...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 2:15. Woe] the fourth. BOTTLE] Skin in common use. LOOK] with
delight (Genesis 9:22). NAKED] The prostrate condition of the drunken
man a figure of the overthrow of a conque...
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EXPOSITION
HABAKKUK 2:1
§ 5. _The prophet, waiting for an answer to his expostulation, is
bidden to write the oracle in plain characters, because its fulfilment
is certain._
HABAKKUK 2:1
Habakkuk s...
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Shall we turn at this time to the book of Habakkuk.
Very little is known concerning the personal background of Habakkuk.
Very little, nothing is known. We don't know really anything about his
backgrou...
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2 Samuel 11:13; 2 Samuel 13:26; Exodus 32:25; Genesis 19:32;...