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16 But the Babylonians will be filled
    with shame instead of glory.
So now it is their turn to drink
    and be stripped of their clothes.
The cup of anger in my powerful right hand
    is going to punish them.
    They will be covered with shame instead of glory.
17 The harm they have done to Lebanon
    will bring them down.
Because they have killed so many animals,
    animals will terrify them.
They have spilled human blood.
    They have destroyed lands and cities
    and everyone in them.

18 “If someone carves a statue of a god, what is it worth?
    What value is there in a god
    that teaches lies?
The one who trusts in this kind of god
    worships his own creation.
    He makes statues of gods that can’t speak.

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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.

18 “Of what value(I) is an idol(J) carved by a craftsman?
    Or an image(K) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
    he makes idols that cannot speak.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger