Matthew Poole and continuators on Habakkuk 2:16

16 Thou art [illegible: 1 letter]illed with shame for glory : drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered : the cup of the LORDS right hand , shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be upon thy glory.

O King of Babylon.

shortly shalt be, and 'tis as sure as if already done.

As much filled with shame by the contempt they shall cast upon thee whom thou didst once vilifie and contemn; thy shame shall be greater then ever was thy glory as the Heb. seems to import.

Thy sin was that thou didst drink, and madest others drink to shameless excess too; now thy punishment shall be to drink of the cup of Gods wrath, which will fill thee with astonishment, and calamities.

Let thy shame be laid open before all, this retaliation is just and necessary.

A Scripture phrase, expressing the just judgements and corrections, of sinners.

'Tis said to be in his right hand, here and in his hand, Psal. 75.8.

They turned the cup of pleasure about, God will carry the cup of indignation about also, and make them drink deep of it, they shall not escape.

Then shalt thou be as much loath'd as a shameful drunkard is in his vomit.

Marginal references: Or, more with sh[illegible: 1 letter]me, then with glory.; Jer. 25.26. and 51.57.