Hab 2:5 | KingComments | STEP | This verse connects to , which in its direct application refers to Belsazar. Here the description continues. Belsazar devotes to wine ( ). This clouds his thinking and leads him to faithlessness. Wine does not give its drinker the desired joy and strength, but leads him to a certain downfall ( ). In his pride he thinks he rules over everything, but he will not succeed in holding on to his position. The Babylonians are as insatiable as Sheol and death that swallows its victims with their throats open. They are as insatiable in attracting and subjugating “all nations” as death is in drawing all men to itself ( ). In his incessant yearning for more, he “collects to himself all peoples” (cf. ). Behind this proud, arrogant glutton rises the figure of the wicked in the end times, the beast coming up out of the sea ( ).

‏ Habakkuk 2:5

The Proud Man Has No Success

This verse connects to Hab 2:4a, which in its direct application refers to Belsazar. Here the description continues. Belsazar devotes to wine (Dan 5:1-4). This clouds his thinking and leads him to faithlessness. Wine does not give its drinker the desired joy and strength, but leads him to a certain downfall (Pro 23:31-32). In his pride he thinks he rules over everything, but he will not succeed in holding on to his position.

The Babylonians are as insatiable as Sheol and death that swallows its victims with their throats open. They are as insatiable in attracting and subjugating “all nations” as death is in drawing all men to itself (Pro 30:15-16). In his incessant yearning for more, he “collects to himself all peoples” (cf. Ecc 5:10). Behind this proud, arrogant glutton rises the figure of the wicked in the end times, the beast coming up out of the sea (Rev 13:1-10).