Habakkuk
Habakkuk 2:16
16You will be filled with shame instead of glory.
You too must drink
and expose your uncircumcision!f
The cup in the LORD’s right hand
will come around to you,
and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
Footnotes
- f 2:16 DSS, LXX, and Syriac and stagger
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You will be filled | שָׂבַ֤עְתָּ | śā·ḇa‘·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited |
| with shame | קָלוֹן֙ | qā·lō·wn | Noun - masculine singular | H7036 ignominy, dishonour |
| instead of glory | מִכָּב֔וֹד | mik·kā·ḇō·wḏ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular | H3519 abundance, honour, glory |
| You | אַ֖תָּה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| too | גַם־ | ḡam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| must drink | שְׁתֵ֥ה | šə·ṯêh | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H8354 drink |
| and expose your uncircumcision | וְהֵֽעָרֵ֑ל | wə·hê·‘ā·rêl | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular | H6188 count as foreskin |
| The cup | כּ֚וֹס | kō·ws | Noun - feminine singular construct | H3563 cup |
| in the LORD’s | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| right hand | יְמִ֣ין | yə·mîn | Noun - feminine singular construct | H3225 right hand |
| will come around | תִּסּ֣וֹב | tis·sō·wḇ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H5437 turn about, go around, surround |
| to you | עָלֶ֗יךָ | ‘ā·le·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H5921 height |
| and utter disgrace | וְקִיקָל֖וֹן | wə·qî·qā·lō·wn | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H7022 disgrace |
| will cover your glory | כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃ | kə·ḇō·w·ḏe·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3519 abundance, honour, glory |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 47:3 · Nahum 3:5–6 · Hosea 4:7 · Isaiah 20:4 · Proverbs 3:35 · Isaiah 51:21–23 · Psalm 75:8 · Hosea 7:5 · Philippians 3:19 · Jeremiah 25:26–29 · Jeremiah 51:57 · Revelation 18:6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.