Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Habakkuk 2:5
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5. Yea also, because —additional reason why the Jews may look for God punishing their Chaldean foe, namely, because . . . he is a proud man —rather, this clause continues the reason for the Jews expecting the punishment of the Chaldeans, "because he transgresseth by wine (a besetting sin of Babylon, compare :- , and CURTIUS [5.1]), being a proud man." Love of wine often begets a proud contempt of divine things, as in Belshazzar's case, which was the immediate cause of the fall of Babylon ( Daniel 5:2-4 ; Daniel 5:30 ; compare Proverbs 20:1 ; Proverbs 30:9 ; Proverbs 31:5 ). enlargeth his desire as hell —the grave, or the unseen world, which is "never full" ( Proverbs 27:20 ; Proverbs 30:16 ; Isaiah 5:14 ). The Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar were filled with an insatiable desire of conquest. Another reason for their punishment. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"
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