The Meaning of Habakkuk 2:15 Explained

Habakkuk 2:15

KJV: 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!

YLT: Woe to him who is giving drink to his neighbour, Pouring out thy bottle, and also making drunk, In order to look on their nakedness.

Darby: Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that pourest out thy flask, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

ASV: Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

Discover Habakkuk 2:15

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Habakkuk 2:15?

MEANING: What does Habakkuk 2:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Habakkuk 2:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Habakkuk 2:15?

What is the context of Habakkuk 2:15?

Judgment on the Violent (Habakkuk 2:15-17)
The Five Woe Oracles (Habakkuk 2:6-20)
Woe to the Chaldeans (Habakkuk 2:6-20)
Woe to the Wicked (Habakkuk 2:5-20)
The Lord’s Second Reply (Habakkuk 2:2-20)
The Lord’s Answer (Habakkuk 2:2-20)
The Righteous Will Live by Faith (Habakkuk 2:1-20)
God Answers the Prophet (Habakkuk 2:1-20)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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!

What does Habakkuk 2:15 Mean?

Verse Meaning

God would judge Babylon because the Babylonians had deceived their neighbor nations with the result that they were able to take advantage of them. The Babylonians had behaved like a man who gets a woman drunk so she will lose her self-control and he can then undress her. That the Babylonians took advantage of their victims sexually is implied in the illustration, as is their love for wine.

Context Summary

Habakkuk 2:1-20 - "the Just Shall Live By Faith"

Having prayed, the prophet expected an answer and looked out for it. When it came, there would be no mistaking it. But until we see eye to eye, we must live by simple faith in God. Note that wonderful clause in Habakkuk 2:4, which is referred to so often afterward. See Romans 1:17; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 3:11. Life in this age, as in that, may be obtained and maintained by faith in the ever-living God. Through long waiting-times the only source of continued life is the faith which draws all from God. From Habakkuk 2:5 onwards, the prophet enumerates Babylon's sins: her pride, love of strong drink, rapacity, and violence. It could not be God's will that the mighty city should flourish on the anguish of the world.

From scenes of anarchy and riot which foretell Chaldea's doom, we pass into Jehovah's temple, where peaceful silence reigns! Let us live in that secret place! "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Habakkuk 2

¹ Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shown that he must wait by faith
⁵ The judgment upon the Chaldean for unsatiableness,
⁹ for covetousness,
¹² for cruelty,
¹⁵ for drunkenness,
¹⁸ and for idolatry

What do the individual words in Habakkuk 2:15 mean?

Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor Pressing [him to] your bottle and Even to make [him] drunk that you may look on his nakedness

ה֚וֹי מַשְׁקֵ֣ה רֵעֵ֔הוּ מְסַפֵּ֥חַ חֲמָתְךָ֖ וְאַ֣ף שַׁכֵּ֑ר לְמַ֥עַן הַבִּ֖יט עַל־ ! מְעוֹרֵיהֶֽם

ה֚וֹי	Woe
Parse: Interjection Root: הֹוי Sense: ah!, alas!, ha!, ho!, O!, woe!.
מַשְׁקֵ֣ה	to him who gives drink to
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular construct Root: שָׁקָה Sense: to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water.
רֵעֵ֔הוּ	his neighbor
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: רֵעַ Sense: friend, companion, fellow, another person.
מְסַפֵּ֥חַ	Pressing [him to]
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular Root: סָפַח Sense: to join, attach to, join together.
חֲמָתְךָ֖	your bottle
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: חֵמֶת Sense: bottle, waterskin.
וְאַ֣ף	and Even
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction Root: אַף Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
שַׁכֵּ֑ר	to make [him] drunk
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive absolute Root: שָׂכַר Sense: to be or become drunk or drunken, be intoxicated.
לְמַ֥עַן	that
Parse: Conjunction Root: לְמַעַן Sense: purpose, intent prep.
הַבִּ֖יט	you may look
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct Root: נָבַט Sense: to look, regard.
! מְעוֹרֵיהֶֽם	his nakedness
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: מָעֹור Sense: nakedness, pudendum.

What are the major concepts related to Habakkuk 2:15?

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