The woe says the one who shamed others will be filled with shame, and “the cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around” to him. The cup image signals a reversal where disgrace returns to the offender. This is in Habakkuk 2:16.
In Habakkuk 2:15–17 the prophet pronounces “woe” on an oppressor who humiliates others by making them drunk and exposed. The passage reverses the scene: the shamer will be shamed, forced to drink a bitter “cup” from Yahweh’s hand, and publicly disgraced. These verses belong to the series of “woe” sayings in Habakkuk 2:6–20, a taunt-like announcement that the dominant aggressor will not last. Each woe highlights a different form of exploitation and then answers it with a fitting collapse or reversal. Here, the focus is not only on taking goods but on degrading people.
Habakkuk 2:15–17 presents a “woe” against an oppressor who humiliates others. The picture is of someone making a neighbor drunk in order to look on their nakedness (verse 15). The text treats this as intentional degradation, not generosity. The passage then announces reversal: the one who shamed others will be shamed.
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Habakkuk 2:16, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
16You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink, and be exposed! The cup of Yahweh`s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.