Habakkuk 2:5

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Summary

Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

He transgresseth

A proud man

Who

Isaiah 5:8

Isaiah 10:7

As hell

Proverbs 27:20

Proverbs 30:15

Ecclesiastes 5:10

Gathereth

Habakkuk 2:8

Isaiah 14:16

Jeremiah 25:9

General references

Proverbs 30:16

Proverbs 31:4

Bible References

He transgresseth

Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and any who go astray by it are not wise.

To whom [is] woe? To whom [is] sorrow? To whom [are] quarrels? To whom [is] complaint? To whom [are] wounds without cause? To whom [is] redness of [the] eyes?

[It is] not for the kings, O Lemuel; drinking wine [is] not for the kings, nor [is] strong drink for rulers.

Ah! Those who rise early in the morning, they pursue strong drink. Those who linger in the evening, wine inflames them.

Set out the table in order! Spread out the rugs! Eat! drink! Rise up, commanders; smear [the] shield!

At their becoming hot I will set their banquets, and I will make them drunk, so that they will fall into a swoon, and they will sleep {an everlasting sleep}, and they will not wake up," {declares} Yahweh.

Belshazzar the king made a great festival for thousand [of] his lords, and {in the presence of} the thousand [lords] he was drinking wine.

What do you plot against Yahweh? {He will completely destroy it}; trouble will not rise up a second time!

A proud man

Look! His spirit within him is puffed up; it is not upright. But the righteous shall live by his faithfulness.

Though Yahweh [is] high, yet he sees [the] lowly, but [the] proud he perceives at a distance.

[There is] a generation--how lofty [are] their eyes! And their eyelids they will lift.

The {haughty eyes} of humanity will be brought low, and the pride of everyone will be humbled, and Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day.

We have heard [of] the pride of Moab--exceedingly proud-- [of] his arrogance, pride, and insolence; {his boasting is not true}.

Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend [the] bow. Encamp all around her, there must not be for her an escape. Take revenge on her according to her deeds. According to all that she has done, [so] do to her. For against Yahweh she has behaved insolently, against the Holy One of Israel.

But {when} his heart became arrogant and his spirit became hard [so as] to act proudly, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom and the glory {was taken away from him}.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Who

Ah! Those who {join} house with house, they join field together with field until {there is no place} and you are caused to dwell alone in the midst of the land.

But he does not think this, and his heart does not plan this. For [it is] in his heart to destroy and to cut off not a few nations.

As hell

Sheol and Abaddon will not be satisfied, and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied [either].

For the leech, [there are] two daughters; "Give, give!" [they cry]. As for three of these, they are not satisfied; as for four, they do not say enough.

Whoever loves money is not satisfied [with] money, and whoever loves wealth [is] not [satisfied with] profit. This also [is] vanity!

Gathereth

Because you plundered many nations, all the remaining nations will plunder you on account of the blood of humanity and violence [against the] land, [and against] cities and all who live in them.

Those who see you will stare at you, they will look closely at you: '[Is] this the man who made the earth tremble, who caused kingdoms to shake,

look, I [am] going to send and take all [the] clans of [the] north,' {declares} Yahweh, 'and [I will send] to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations all around, and I will destroy them, and I will make them a horror, and [an object of] hissing, and {everlasting ruins}.

General references

Sheol and barrenness of womb, the land is not satisfied [with] water, and fire does not say "enough!"

[It is] not for the kings, O Lemuel; drinking wine [is] not for the kings, nor [is] strong drink for rulers.