ESV Reformation Study Bible – Hab 2:16
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Hab 2:16

2:16 cup in the Lord’s right hand. This biblical metaphor indicates divine retribution (Is. 51:17–23). What the Babylonians did to others will be done to them (vv. 7, 8).