Habakkuk 2:16

Overview - Habakkuk 2
Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shewn that he must wait by faith.
The judgment upon the Chaldean for unsatiableness,
for covetousness,
12 for cruelty,
15 for drunkenness,
18 and for idolatry.
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Habakkuk 2:16  (King James Version)
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.
 


with shame for glory
or, more with shame than with glory.
Proverbs 3:35 ; Isaiah 47:3 ; Hosea 4:7 ; Philippians 3:19

drink
Psalms 75:8 ; Isaiah 49:26 ; 51:21-23 Jeremiah 25:26 Jeremiah 25:27 ; 51:57 Revelation 18:6

and let
Isaiah 20:4 ; 47:3 Nahum 3:5

the cup
Jeremiah 25:27-29

and shameful
Isaiah 28:7 Isaiah 28:8 ; Hosea 7:5