Habakkuk 2:15-17 Part 1 of 2

"What sorrow awaits you who make your neighbors drunk! You force your cup on them so you can gloat over their shameful nakedness. But soon it will be your turn to be disgraced. Come, drink and be exposed! Drink from the cup of the LORD's judgment, and all your glory will be turned to shame. You cut down the forests of Lebanon. Now you will be cut down. You destroyed the wild animals, now their terror will be yours. You committed murder throughout the countryside and filled the towns with violence."

"What sorrow awaits you who make your neighbors drunk! You force your cup on them so you can gloat over their shameful nakedness."

Genesis 9:20-23  After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard. One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers. Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked.

Proverbs 20:1  Wine produces mockers; alcohol leads to brawls. Those led astray by drink cannot be wise. (see also Isaiah 23:29-35)

Isaiah 56:12  "Come," they say, "let's get some wine and have a party. Let's all get drunk. Then tomorrow we'll do it again and have an even bigger party!" (see also Isaiah 5:11-12, 22)

Jeremiah 51:7  Babylon has been a gold cup in the LORD's hands, a cup that made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank Babylon's wine, and it drove them all mad.

 

"But soon it will be your turn to be disgraced. Come, drink and be exposed!" 

Isaiah 28:1  What sorrow awaits the proud city of Samaria--the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel. It sits at the head of a fertile valley, but its glorious beauty will fade like a flower. It is the pride of a people brought down by wine. (see verses 1-4)

Isaiah 28:7  Now, however, Israel is led by drunks who reel with wine and stagger with alcohol. The priests and prophets stagger with alcohol and lose themselves in wine. They reel when they see visions and stagger as they render decisions. (see verses 7-15)

Jeremiah 25:15  This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup filled to the brim with my anger, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. (see verses 15-38)

Obadiah 16  "Just as you swallowed up my people on my holy mountain, so you and the surrounding nations will swallow the punishment I pour out on all of you. Yes, all you nations will drink and stagger and disappear from history. (see verses 15-18)

Micah 2:11  Suppose a prophet full of lies would say to you, "I'll preach to you the joys of wine and alcohol!" That's just the kind of prophet you would like! (see verses 1-11)

 

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