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Habakkuk 2:15-17
New Catholic Bible
Habakkuk 2:15-17
New Catholic Bible
15 [a]“Woe to you who encourage your neighbors to drink,
pouring it abundantly until they are drunk,
so that you can gaze upon their nakedness.
16 You will be filled with shame instead of glory
as you stagger in your drunkenness.
The cup in the Lord’s right hand
will be passed on to you,
and shame will overshadow your glory.
17 For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
and the massacre of the animals will terrify you,
all as a result of the bloodshed and violence you inflicted
on cities and all who dwell in them.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:15 The armies of Nebuchadnezzar have devastated the cedars of Lebanon and slaughtered the flocks of the conquered. In the Bible, cedars and flocks also symbolize leaders and their subjects. Lebanon was often ravaged, because it was a place of passage for invading armies.
