“Moreover, wine[a] is (A)a traitor,
    an arrogant man who is never at rest.[b]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
    like death (B)he has never enough.
(C)He gathers for himself all nations
    and collects as his own all peoples.”

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth
  2. Habakkuk 2:5 The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain

indeed, wine(A) betrays him;
    he is arrogant(B) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
    and like death is never satisfied,(C)
he gathers to himself all the nations
    and takes captive(D) all the peoples.

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11 Woe to those who (A)rise early in the morning,
    that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
    as wine inflames them!
12 (B)They have lyre and harp,
    tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
(C)but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
    or see the work of his hands.

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11 Woe(A) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.(B)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes(C) and timbrels(D) and wine,
but they have no regard(E) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.(F)

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20 (A)Sheol and Abaddon are (B)never satisfied,
    and (C)never satisfied are the eyes of man.

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20 Death and Destruction[a] are never satisfied,(A)
    and neither are human eyes.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 27:20 Hebrew Abaddon

20 (A)Wine is a mocker, (B)strong drink a brawler,
    and whoever (C)is led astray by it is not wise.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 20:1 Or will not become wise

20 Wine(A) is a mocker(B) and beer a brawler;
    whoever is led astray(C) by them is not wise.(D)

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The Handwriting on the Wall

(A)King Belshazzar (B)made a great feast for a thousand of his (C)lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.

(D)Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that (E)the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. Then they brought in (F)the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. They drank wine and (G)praised the (H)gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or predecessor; also verses 11, 13, 18

The Writing on the Wall

King Belshazzar(A) gave a great banquet(B) for a thousand of his nobles(C) and drank wine with them. While Belshazzar was drinking(D) his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets(E) that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines(F) might drink from them.(G) So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them. As they drank the wine, they praised the gods(H) of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.(I)

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor; or predecessor; also in verses 11, 13 and 18

(A)They prepare the table,
    they spread the rugs,[a]
    they eat, they drink.
Arise, O princes;
    (B)oil the shield!

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  1. Isaiah 21:5 Or they set the watchman

They set the tables,
    they spread the rugs,
    they eat, they drink!(A)
Get up, you officers,
    oil the shields!(B)

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(A)We have heard of the pride of Moab—
    how proud he is!—
(B)of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
    in his idle boasting he is not right.

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We have heard of Moab’s(A) pride(B)
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
    but her boasts are empty.

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16 Those who see you will stare at you
    and ponder over you:
‘Is this (A)the man who made the earth tremble,
    who shook kingdoms,
17 who made the world like a desert
    and overthrew its cities,
    (B)who did not let his prisoners go home?’

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16 Those who see you stare at you,
    they ponder your fate:(A)
“Is this the man who shook(B) the earth
    and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness,(C)
    who overthrew(D) its cities
    and would not let his captives go home?”(E)

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But he (A)does not so intend,
    and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
    and to cut off nations not a few;
for he says:
(B)“Are not my commanders all kings?
(C)Is not (D)Calno like (E)Carchemish?
    Is not (F)Hamath like (G)Arpad?
    (H)Is not (I)Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to (J)the kingdoms of the idols,
    whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and (K)her idols
    (L)as I have done to Samaria and her images?”

12 (M)When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, (N)he[a] will punish the speech[b] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 (O)For he says:

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
    and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
    and plunder their treasures;
    like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.

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  1. Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew I
  2. Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew fruit

But this is not what he intends,(A)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.
‘Are not my commanders(B) all kings?’ he says.
    ‘Has not Kalno(C) fared like Carchemish?(D)
Is not Hamath(E) like Arpad,(F)
    and Samaria(G) like Damascus?(H)
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,(I)
    kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
    as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?(J)’”

12 When the Lord has finished all his work(K) against Mount Zion(L) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria(M) for the willful pride(N) of his heart and the haughty look(O) in his eyes. 13 For he says:

“‘By the strength of my hand(P) I have done this,(Q)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;(R)
    like a mighty one I subdued[a] their kings.(S)

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  1. Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,

22 Woe to those who are (A)heroes at drinking wine,
    and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23 who (B)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
    and deprive the innocent of his right!

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22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(A)
    and champions at mixing drinks,(B)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(C)
    but deny justice(D) to the innocent.(E)

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Woe to the Wicked

Woe to those who (A)join house to house,
    who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
    and you are made to dwell alone
    in the midst of the land.

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Woes and Judgments

Woe(A) to you who add house to house
    and join field to field(B)
till no space is left
    and you live alone in the land.

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17 (A)And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
    and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
    and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

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17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(A)
    and human pride humbled;(B)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(C)

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11 (A)The haughty looks of man shall be brought low,
    and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

12 (B)For the Lord of hosts has a day
    against all that is proud and lofty,
    against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;

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11 The eyes of the arrogant(A) will be humbled(B)
    and human pride(C) brought low;(D)
the Lord alone will be exalted(E) in that day.(F)

12 The Lord Almighty has a day(G) in store
    for all the proud(H) and lofty,(I)
for all that is exalted(J)
    (and they will be humbled),(K)

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