Albert Barnes Commentary Habakkuk 2:15

"Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, [to thee] that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!" — Habakkuk 2:15 (ASV)

From cruelty, the prophet goes on to denounce the woe on insolence. Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor (to whom he owes love) drink (literally, who makes him drink); that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look (gaze with devilish pleasure) on their nakedness. This may be either of actual insults (as in the history of Noah), certainly in keeping with the character of the later Babylonians—the ultimate wantonness of unbridled power, making vile sport of those like himself (his neighbor)—or it may be drunkenness through misery (Isaiah 29:9), where they are bared of all their glory and brought to the lowest shame. The woe also falls on all who in any way intoxicate others with flattering words or feigned affection, mixing poison under pleasant things, to bring them to shame.