Bible Commentaries
Introduction
1 | Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land, | 5 | is shewn the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans. | 12 | He complains that vengeance should be executed by them who are far worse. |
Verse 1
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
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- Isaiah 22:1; Nahum 1:1
Verse 2
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
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- how
- Psalms 13:1,2; 74:9,10; 94:3; Revelation 6:10
- and thou wilt not save
- Psalms 22:1,2; Jeremiah 14:9; Lamentations 3:8
Verse 3
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
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- Psalms 12:1,2; 55:9-11; 73:3-9; 120:5,6; Ecclesiastes 4:1; 5:8; Jeremiah 9:2-6; Ezekiel 2:6; Micah 7:1-4; Matthew 10:16; 2 Peter 2:8
Verse 4
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
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- the law
- Psalms 11:3; 119:126; Mark 7:9; Romans 3:31
- for
- 1 Kings 21:13; Job 21:7; Psalms 22:16; 58:1,2; 59:2,4; 82:1-5; 94:3,20,21; Isaiah 1:21-23; 59:2-8,13-15; Jeremiah 5:27-29; 12:1,6; 26:8,21-23; Jeremiah 37:14-16; 38:4-6; Ezekiel 22:25-30; Hosea 10:4; Amos 5:7,12; Micah 2:1,2; Micah 3:1-3; 7:2-4; Matthew 23:34-36; 26:59-66; 27:1,2,25,26; Acts 7:52,59; Acts 23:12-14; James 2:6,7
- wrong
- or, wrested.
- Exodus 23:2,6; Deuteronomy 16:19; Ezekiel 9:9
Verse 5
Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
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- ye among
- Deuteronomy 4:27; Jeremiah 9:25,26; 25:14-29
- and regard
- Isaiah 29:14; Lamentations 4:12; Daniel 9:12; Acts 13:40,41
- for
- Isaiah 28:21,22; Jeremiah 5:12,13; 18:18; Ezekiel 12:22-28; Zephaniah 1:2; Acts 6:13,14
Verse 6
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
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- I raise
- Deuteronomy 28:49-52; 2 Kings 24:2; 2 Chronicles 36:6,17; Isaiah 23:13; 39:6,7; Jeremiah 1:15,16; Jeremiah 4:6,8; 5:15; 6:22,23; 21:4; 25:9
- breadth
- Heb. breadths.
Verse 7
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
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- their judgment, etc
- or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these and the captivity of these.
- Jeremiah 39:5-9; 52:9-11,25-27; Deuteronomy 5:19,27
Verse 8
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
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- horses
- Deuteronomy 28:49; Isaiah 5:26-28
- fierce
- Heb. sharp. evening.
- Jeremiah 5:6; Zephaniah 3:3
- they
- Jeremiah 4:13; Lamentations 4:19; Ezekiel 17:3,12; Hosea 8:1; Matthew 24:28; Luke 17:37
Verse 9
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
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- for
- 6; 2:5-13; Deuteronomy 28:51,52; Jeremiah 4:7; 5:15-17; 25:9
- their faces shall sup up as the east
- or, the supping up of their faces, as, etc. or, their faces shall look toward the east. Heb. the opposition of their faces shall be toward the east.
- Isaiah 27:8; Jeremiah 4:11; Ezekiel 17:10; 19:12; Hosea 13:15
- they shall gather
- 2:5; Genesis 41:49; Judges 7:12; Job 29:18; Psalms 139:18; Jeremiah 15:8; 34:22; Hosea 1:10; Romans 9:27
Verse 10
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
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- scoff
- 2 Kings 24:12; 25:6,7; 2 Chronicles 36:6,10
- they shall deride
- Isaiah 14:16; Jeremiah 32:24; 33:4; 52:4-7
Verse 11
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
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- shall his
- Daniel 4:30-34
- imputing
- Daniel 5:3,4,20
Verse 12
Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
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- thou not
- Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalms 90:2; Isa:; 57:15; Lamentations 5:19; Micah 5:2; 1 Timothy 1:17; 6:16; Hebrews 1:10-12; 13:8; Revelation 1:8,11
- mine
- Isaiah 43:15; 49:7; Acts 3:14
- we
- 3:2; Psalms 118:17; Isaiah 27:6-9; Jeremiah 4:27; 5:18; 30:11; 33:24-26; 46:28; Ezekiel 37:11-14; Amos 9:8,9
- thou hast ordained
- 2 Kings 19:25; Psalms 17:13; Isaiah 10:5-7; 37:26; Jeremiah 25:9-14; Ezekiel 30:25
- mighty God
- Heb. Rock.
- Deuteronomy 32:4,30,31; 1 Samuel 2:2; Psalms 18:1
- established
- Heb. founded. for.
- Isaiah 27:9,10; Jeremiah 30:11; 31:18-20; 46:28; Hebrews 12:5,6
Verse 13
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
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- of
- Job 15:15; Psalms 5:4,5; 11:4-7; 34:15,16; 1 Peter 1:15,16
- iniquity
- or, grievance. wherefore.
- Psalms 10:1,2,15; 73:3; Jeremiah 12:1,2
- deal
- Isaiah 21:2; 33:1
- holdest
- Esther 4:14; Psalms 35:22; 50:3,21; 83:1; Proverbs 31:8,9; Isaiah 64:12
- the wicked
- 3,4; 2 Samuel 4:11; 1 Kings 2:32; Psalms 37:12-15,32,33; 56:1,2; Acts 2:23; 3:13-15
Verse 14
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
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- creeping
- or, moving. no.
- Proverbs 6:7
Verse 15
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
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- take
- Jeremiah 16:16; Ezekiel 29:4,5; Amos 4:2; Matthew 17:27
- they catch
- Psalms 10:9; Luke 5:5-10; John 21:6-11
- drag
- or, flue-net. therefore.
- Jeremiah 50:11; Lamentations 2:15,16; Ezekiel 25:6; 26:2; 35:15; Revelation 11:10
Verse 16
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
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- they
- 11; Deuteronomy 8:17; Isaiah 10:13-15; 37:24; Ezekiel 28:3; 29:3; Daniel 4:30; 5:23
- plenteous
- or, dainty. Heb. fat.
Verse 17
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
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- and
- 9,10; 2:5-8,17; Isaiah 14:16,17; Jeremiah 25:9-26; 46:1-49; 52:1-34; Ezekiel 25:1-30
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Bibliography Information Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Habakkuk 1:4". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". http://odl.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/habakkuk-1.html.
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