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Text -- Habakkuk 2:16-20 (NET)
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2:16 But you will become drunk with shame , not majesty . Now it is your turn to drink and expose your uncircumcised foreskin ! The cup of wine in the Lord’s right hand is coming to you, and disgrace will replace your majestic glory !
2:17 For you will pay in full for your violent acts against Lebanon ; terrifying judgment will come upon you because of the way you destroyed the wild animals living there. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands , cities , and those who live in them.
2:18 What good is an idol ? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles ? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute , worthless things ?
2:19 The one who says to wood , ‘Wake up !’ is as good as dead– he who says to speechless stone , ‘Awake !’ Can it give reliable guidance ? It is overlaid with gold and silver ; it has no life’s breath inside it.
2:20 But the Lord is in his majestic palace . The whole earth is speechless in his presence !”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
HABAKKUK |
JEHOIACHIN |
Idolatry |
DUMB |
Carving |
Drunkeess |
Church |
Worship |
Idol |
UNCIRCUMCISED; UNCIRCUMCISION |
MAKE, MAKER |
OMNIPRESENCE |
STONE, STONES |
BEHEMOTH |
WINE |
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NET Notes: Hab 2:16 The Lord’s right hand represents his military power. He will force the Babylonians to experience the same humiliating defeat they inflicted on o...
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NET Notes: Hab 2:17 The language may anticipate Nebuchadnezzar’s utilization of trees from the Lebanon forest in building projects. Lebanon and its animals probably...
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NET Notes: Hab 2:19 Though the Hebrew text has no formal interrogative marker here, the context indicates that the statement should be taken as a rhetorical question anti...
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