Habakkuk 2:5

Yea also. Again the contrast is emphasized between the character of the wicked, as delineated in the first part of v. 4, and the character of the righteous, as mentioned in the concluding part of the same verse. In ch. 2:5-19 God enumerates the sins of Babylon. He knows that the Babylonians are treacherous and wicked, as Habakkuk charges (ch. 1:13). Nevertheless, God is still in charge of the affairs of earth, and all men — including Habakkuk — do well to “keep silence before him” (ch. 2:20). Wine. The Hebrew text quoted in the Habakkuk Commentary of the Dead Sea scrolls (see p. 1047) has hon, “power,” or “wealth,” in place of “wine.” Proud. Or, “haughty.” Desire. Heb. nephesh (see on 1 Kings 17:21; Ps. 16:10). Hell. Heb. she’ol (see on Prov. 15:11). As death and she’ol are represented figuratively as being insatiable (Prov. 27:20; Isa. 5:14), so the Babylonians gathered and heaped unto themselves “all nations” and “all people.”