Holy Scripture

Habakkuk 2:15

A church father on this verse
“What then are we to do who received such instructions about interpretation from Paul, a teacher of the church? Does it not seem right that we apply this kind of rule that was delivered to us in a similar way in other passages? Or as some wish, forsaking these things that such a great apostle taught, should we turn aga…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON EXODUS 5:1

Source: Septuagint

Original

15Woe to him that gives his neighbor to drink the thick lees of wine, and intoxicates him, that he may look upon their secret parts.

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In context

13Are not these things of the Lord Almighty? surely many people have been exhausted in the fire, and many nations have fainted.

14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord; it shall cover them as water.

— Habakkuk 2:15 —

16Drink thou also thy fill of disgrace instead of glory: shake, O heart, and quake, the cup of the right hand of the Lord has come round upon thee, and dishonor has gathered upon thy glory.

17For the ungodliness of Lebanon shall cover thee, and distress because of wild beasts shall dismay thee, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.

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