Habakkuk 2:15

New International Reader's Version

“How terrible it will be for the Babylonians! They give drinks to their neighbors. They pour the drinks from wineskins until their neighbors are drunk. They want to look at their naked bodies.

Cross References

Genesis 9:22

Ham saw his father naked. Then Ham, the father of Canaan, went outside and told his two brothers.

2 Samuel 11:13

David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him. David got him drunk. But Uriah still didn’t go home. In the evening he went out and slept on his mat. He stayed there among his master’s servants.

Exodus 32:25

Moses saw that the people were running wild. Aaron had let them get out of control. The people had become a joke to their enemies.

Isaiah 28:7

Israel’s leaders are drunk from wine. They can’t walk straight. They are drunk from beer. They are unsteady on their feet. Priests and prophets drink beer. They can’t walk straight. They are mixed up from drinking too much wine. They drink too much beer. They are unsteady on their feet. The prophets see visions but don’t really understand them. The priests aren’t able to make good decisions.

Isaiah 28:8

They throw up. All the tables are covered with the mess they’ve made. There isn’t one spot on the tables that isn’t smelly and dirty.

Isaiah 5:22

How terrible it will be for those who are heroes at drinking wine! How terrible for those who are heroes at mixing drinks!

Jeremiah 25:15

The Lord is the God of Israel. He said to me, “Take this cup from my hand. It is filled with the wine of my great anger. Make all the nations to which I send you drink it.

Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon was like a gold cup in my hand. That city made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank its wine. So now they have gone crazy.

Hosea 7:5

On special days to honor our king, the princes get drunk with wine. And the king enjoys the party. He joins hands with those who pretend to be faithful to him.

Habakkuk 2:14

The oceans are full of water. In the same way, the earth will be filled with the knowledge of my glory.

Habakkuk 2:16

But the Babylonians will be filled with shame instead of glory. So now it is their turn to drink and be stripped of their clothes. The cup of anger in my powerful right hand is going to punish them. They will be covered with shame instead of glory.

Revelation 17:2

The kings of the earth took part in her evil ways. The people living on earth were drunk with the wine of her terrible sins.”

Revelation 17:6

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people. They are the ones who are witnesses about Jesus. When I saw her, I was very amazed.

Revelation 18:3

All the nations have drunk the strong wine of her terrible sins. The kings of the earth took part in her evil ways. The traders of the world grew rich from her great wealth.”