Habakkuk 2:17

"You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink and be exposed! The cup of the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory."

Key Reflection

This verse portrays those who seek wealth and power through oppression as filled with shame rather than true glory. They will be exposed for their deceit, and the cup of divine judgment, symbolizing God’s wrath, will come to them, covering their former glory with disgrace.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For the violence of Lebanon -i. e., done to Lebanon, whether the land of Israel of which it was the entrance and the beauty (SeeIsaiah 37:24, and, as a symbol,Jeremiah 22:6,Jeremiah 22:23;Ezekiel 17:3; but it is used as a symbol of Sennacherib’s army,Isaiah 10:34, and the king of Asshur is not indeed spoken of under the name as a symbol (inEzekiel 21:3,) but is compared to it), or the temple (See the note atZechariah 12:1), both of which Nebuchadnezzar laid waste; or, more widely, it may be a symbol of all the majesty of the world and its empires, which he subdues, as Isaiah uses it, when speaking of the judgment on the world,Isaiah 2:13, “It shall cover thee, and the spoil (i.

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