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13 Is it not because of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies
    that people grow tired putting out fires,[a]
        and nations weary themselves over nothing?
14 Indeed, the earth will be filled
    with knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
        as water fills[b] the sea.”

Judgment on the Violent

15 “Woe to the one who supplies his neighbor with a drink!
    You are forcing your bottle[c] on him,[d]
        making him drunk so you can see them naked.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:13 Lit. tired for the sufficiency of fire
  2. Habakkuk 2:14 Lit. covers
  3. Habakkuk 2:15 Lit. wine skin
  4. Habakkuk 2:15 The Heb. lacks on him