SIL Translator’s Notes on Habakkuk 2:15

2:15a Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors,

You (sing.) will suffer, you who make/force your neighbors to drink!
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⌊Yahweh⌋ will punish you (plur.) ! You made the nations around you drink.
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“⌊I⌋ will punish/destroy ⌊the Babylonians, because they behaved cruelly⌋ with the nations they conquered. ⌊It was as if they forced these nations⌋ to drink ⌊a lot of wine⌋ .

2:15b pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk,

(English Standard Version) you pour out your wrath and make them drunk,

You (sing.) pour your fury/anger ⌊and they drink until⌋ they become drunk.
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⌊It is like⌋ you (plur.) filled for them ⌊a cup with wine. This cup/wine represents⌋ how angry you were. ⌊They drank so much that⌋ they became drunk.
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⌊It is like they⌋ poured ⌊the wine in the cup for the nations. This cup/wine represents⌋ the anger ⌊of the Babylonians. They shamed the nations. It was like they⌋ made them drunk ⌊with this wine⌋ .

2:15c in order to gaze at their nakedness!

⌊You (sing.) do that⌋ in order ⌊to shame/mock them by⌋ looking at their naked bodies.
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⌊You (plur.) made them drink⌋ till they are drunk so that you could see them naked ⌊and make them feel shame⌋ .
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⌊The Babylonians did that so they could make⌋ the people ⌊feel weak and shameful, like they⌋ saw them naked.

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