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Habakkuk 2:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

15 Ah! you who give your neighbors
    the cup of your wrath to drink, and make them drunk,
    until their nakedness is seen!(A)
16 You are filled with shame instead of glory;
    drink, you too, and stagger!
The cup from the Lord’s right hand shall come around to you,
    and utter shame shall cover your glory.
17 For the violence done to Lebanon[a] shall cover you,(B)
    and the destruction of the animals shall terrify you;
Because of the shedding of human blood,
    and violence done to the land,
    to the city and to all who live in it.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:17 The violence done to Lebanon: the destruction of the cedar forests of Lebanon, used in lavish building projects by the great conquerors; cf. Is 14:8; 37:24. The destruction of the animals: the killing off of the wild animals through excessive hunting by the same conquerors; cf. Bar 3:16.
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