Habakkuk 2:15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15-20

The three foregoing articles, upon which the woes here are grounded, are very near akin to each other. The criminals charged by them are oppressors and extortioners, that raise estates by rapine and injustice; and it is mentioned here again (Hab. 2:17), the very same that was said Hab. 2:8; for that is the crime upon which the greatest stress is laid; it is because of men's blood, innocent blood, barbarously and unjustly shed, which is a provoking crying thing; it is for the violence of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15

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 destruction of antichrist; between that and the Reformation, when it had its fulfilment in part; the following practices inveighed against would be used, as we find they are, and for which the man of sin and his followers will be punished: one of which is expressed by a man's "giving his neighbour... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:15

Wo 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 more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:15

Verse 15 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 bold the Jews are in contriving what is fabulous; when nothing certain occurs to them, they divine this or that without any discrimination or shame. Hence they say, that Nebuchadnezzar was given to excess, and led all whom he could into a participation of the same vice. They also think that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15

Not only do the Chaldeans oppress and pillage the peoples, but they expose them to the vilest derision and contumely. The prophet uses figures taken from the conduct produced by intemperance. That giveth his neighbour drink. The Chaldeans behaved to the conquered nations like one who gives his neighbour intoxicating drink to stupefy his faculties and expose him to shame (comp. Habakkuk 2:5 ). The literal drunkenness of the Chaldeans is not the point here. That puttest thy bottle to him. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15-17

§ 11. The fourth woe: for base and degrading treatment of subject nations. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15-17

A parable of woes: 4. Woe to the insolent! I. WANTON WICKEDNESS . 1 . Symbolically set forth. The image employed is that of giving to one's neighbour drink from a bottle with which "vengeance," "fury," or "wrath," or, according to another interpretation, "poison," has been mixed, in order to intoxicate him, that one might have the devilish enjoyment of looking on his nakedness, as Ham did on that of Noah, or generally of glorying in his shame. To infer from this that the bare... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15-17

God's retributive justice. It is a Divine law that "whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap" ( Galatians 6:7 ). God is just, and hence will cause retribution to be experienced by evil doers. A striking illustration of the operation of this great law is presented in these verses. Consider— I. THE COURSE THE CHALDEANS HAD ADOPTED TOWARD OTHERS . ( Habakkuk 2:15 .) The reference in this verse is not to the sin of drunkenness. That sin is a distressing and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15-17

National wrongs ending in national woes. No. 4. "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! Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory," etc. "This," says Henderson, "is the commencement of the fourth stanza. Though the idea of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:15

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 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 of unbridled power, making vile sport of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15-17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:15

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