13 “Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples (A)toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?
14 “For the earth will be (B)filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.

15 “Woe to you who make [a]your neighbors drink,
Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk
So as to look on their nakedness!

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:15 Lit his neighbor

13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,(A)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?(B)
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory(C) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.(D)

15 “Woe to him who gives drink(E) to his neighbors,
    pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
    so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!

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