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Habakkuk 2:16-18
International Children’s Bible
Habakkuk 2:16-18
International Children’s Bible
16 You Babylonians will receive the Lord’s anger, not respect.
This anger will be like a cup of poison in the Lord’s right hand.
You will taste this anger and fall to the ground like a drunk person.
You will drink from this cup.
You will receive disgrace, not respect.
17 You hurt many people in Lebanon.
Now you will be hurt.
You killed many animals there.
And now you must be afraid.
You will be afraid because of what you did
to those cities and the people who lived in them.
The Message About Idols
18 “An idol does no good, because a man made it.
It is only a statue that teaches lies.
The person who made it expects his own work to help him.
But it can’t even speak!
Habakkuk 2:16-18
New International Version
Habakkuk 2:16-18
New International Version
16 You will be filled with shame(A) instead of glory.(B)
Now it is your turn! Drink(C) and let your nakedness be exposed[a]!(D)
The cup(E) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
and disgrace will cover your glory.
17 The violence(F) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
and your destruction of animals will terrify you.(G)
For you have shed human blood;(H)
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger
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