§ 11. The fourth woe: for base and degrading treatment of subject nations.
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Habakkuk 2:15-17
The Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:15-17
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:1-20EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:15-20A severe woe is pronounced against drunkenness; it is very fearful against all who are guilty of drunkenness at any time, and in any place, from the stately palace to the paltry ale-house. To give one drink who is in wa…Matthew HenrycommentaryJudgment Predicted. (b. c. 600.)JUDGMENT PREDICTED. (B. C. 600.) The three foregoing articles, upon which the woes here are grounded, are very near akin to each other. The criminals charged by them are oppressors and extortioners, that raise estates b…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:15Not only do the Chaldeans oppress and pillage the peoples, but they expose them to the vilest derision and contumely. The prophet uses figures taken from the conduct produced by intemperance. That giveth his neighbour d…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:15-17National wrongs ending in national woes. No. 4. "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! Thou art filled with…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:15-17God's retributive justice. It is a Divine law that "whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap" (Galatians 6:7). God is just, and hence will cause retribution to be experienced by evil doers. A striking illustratio…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:15-17A parable of woes: 4. Woe to the insolent! I. WANTON WICKEDNESS. 1. Symbolically set forth. The image employed is that of giving to one's neighbour drink from a bottle with which "vengeance," "fury," or "wrath," or, acc…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:16Just retribution falls on Babylon. Thou art filled with shame for glory. Thou art satiated, indeed, but With shame, not with glory. Thou hast revelled in thy shameless conduct to the defencelses, but this redounds to th…Joseph S. Exell and contributors