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Verse Habakkuk 1:17. _AND NOT SPARE CONTINUALLY TO SLAY THE NATIONS?_]
They are running from conquest to conquest; burning, slaying, sacking,
and slaughtering. Like the fishermen, who throw cast after...
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SHALL THEY THEREFORE EMPTY THEIR NET, AND NOT SPARE CONTINUALLY TO
SLAY THE NATIONS? - The prophet, like Isaiah Isaiah 18:4, stands at
the very last point, before the fury and desire of the enemy was...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
CHAPTER 1
The Judgment of Judah Through the Chaldeans Announced
_ 1. The prophet's cry to Jehovah (Habakkuk 1:1) _
2. The answer (Habakkuk 1:5)
3. The prophet's plea (H
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REMONSTRANCE OVER THE INHUMANITY OF THE CHALDEANS. The execution of
Divine judgment raises fresh questions: Why should the Holy One, whose
eyes are too pure to look on evil, appoint as minister of jus...
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_HABAKKUK SAW A TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION -- HABAKKUK 1:15-17:_ Habakkuk
saw the Chaldeans dealing with the Jews like fish being caught in a
net and consumed. The enemy would come and destroy and take them...
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SHALL THEY THEREFORE, &C.— _Therefore he continually maketh his net
empty_ [in order to be fed with that delicious food], _and spareth not
to slay the nations._ Houbigant. Others render it, Shall he t...
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CHAPTER XVII
THE SECOND QUESTION
Habakkuk 1:12-17
RV. Art thou not from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we
shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgement; and
thou, O Roc...
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Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to
slay the nations?
SHALL THEY THEREFORE EMPTY THEIR NET? - shall they be allowed without
interruption to enjoy the fruits of their...
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THE PROPHET'S BURDEN. THE ANSWER OF JEHOVAH
1. Burden] RM 'oracle': see on Isaiah 13:1.
2, 3. HOW LONG?.. WHY?] Even a prophet (Habakkuk 1:1) can ask such
questions. He never denies the existence of...
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THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA
Habakkuk
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA
Assyria was a country to the north and east of Israel. For many
years, it ruled most of the world. Nahum, Habakkuk...
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(12-17) Though sore perplexed, Habakkuk feels sure that the God whom
this swaggering conqueror has insulted will at last vindicate Himself....
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SHALL THEY THEREFORE EMPTY THEIR NET.... — Literally, _Shall he
therefore empty his net? i.e.,_ Shall this voracious Chaldæan
plunderer be allowed to consume his prey, and cast in his emptied net
agai...
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הַ֥ עַל כֵּ֖ן יָרִ֣יק חֶרְמֹ֑ו וְ
תָמִ֛יד
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Habakkuk 1:1
Habakkuk 1:2; Habakkuk 2:1 (or 8)
Yet it is the first piece which raises the most difficult questions.
All admit that it is to be dated somewhere along the line of
Jeremiah's long career...
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THE APPARENT PROSPERITY OF THE WICKED
Habakkuk 1:1-17
Habakkuk probably lived toward the beginning of the reign of
Jehoiakim, when the Chaldeans were preparing to invade the land.
Jerusalem was fille...
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In this first division of the Book we have the prophet's statement of
the problems which vexed his soul. The first was the apparent
indifference of Jehovah both to his prayer and to the condition of
p...
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Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to
slay (n) the nations?
(n) Meaning, that they would not....
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REFLECTIONS
READER! over and above the numberless precious things this Chapter
holds forth to us in divine truths, we are here blessed by God the
Holy Ghost, with a sweet sample of an Old Testament Sa...
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This is a most blessed prayer, and if I mistake not, it takes into its
bosom all the great leading points of redemption. The Prophet by this
figure of speech, of seemingly as king, the Lord concerning...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
There is no prophetic delivery among the twelve lesser books more
peculiar and characteristic than that of Habakkuk. It has no longer
the occupation with the...
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This is an affirmative question, “Shall they therefore;” which,
however, requires a negative answer. Then all interpreters are
mistaken; for they think that the Prophet here complains, that he
present...
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First of all, the prophet complains that the evil which exists among
the people is insupportable. This is the natural effect of the working
of the Spirit of God in a heart jealous for His glory and de...
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SHALL THEY THEREFORE EMPTY THEIR NET,.... Or "thus", after this
manner, so Noldius; as fishermen do, when they have had a good cast,
and a large draught, spread the net, and take out the fishes, in or...
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Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to
slay the nations?
Ver. 17. _Shall they therefore empty their net_] That they may fill
it again anew, and so draw to themselves, as t...
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_Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil_ Thou art of too just and
pure a nature to approve of wickedness: it must ever be an abomination
to thee. _Thou canst not look upon iniquity_ Except with in...
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The Prophet's Prayer...
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Shall they therefore empty their net, namely, with the intention of
casting it out again for a new draught, AND NOT SPARE CONTINUALLY TO
SLAY THE NATIONS? or, "and always strangle nations without spar...
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12-17 However matters may be, yet God is the Lord our God, our Holy
One. We are an offending people, he is an offended God, yet we will
not entertain hard thoughts of him, or of his service. It is gr...
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SHALL THEY? the Chaldeans, Nebuchadnezzar and his armies. THEREFORE;
shall former success be pledge of future? they have prospered, and
they think they shall; wilt thou confirm this to them? EMPTY THE...
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Habakkuk 1:17 empty H7324 (H8686) net H2764 continue H8548 slay H2026
(H8800) nations H1471 pity H2550 ...
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HABBAKUK IS EVEN MORE PUT OUT. HOW CAN GOD USE SUCH INSTRUMENTS TO
CHASTEN HIS PEOPLE? (HABAKKUK 1:12).
Habakkuk 1:12
‘Are you not from everlasting, O YHWH?
My God, my Holy One, We will not die.
O...
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CONTENTS: Habakkuk's prayer concerning evil in dispersed Israel. God's
voice to Israel and Habakkuk's testimony to God.
CHARACTERS: God, Habakkuk.
CONCLUSION: We must not think it strange if God som...
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Zechariah 1:1. _The burden,_ the prophecy, _which Habakkuk the prophet
saw._ Here he opens his commission, as divinely inspired with vision,
and invested with a charge which he must deliver. God laid...
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_And makest men as the fishes of the sea _
RAPACIOUS SELFISHNESS IN POWER
Illustrated in Nebuchadnezzar.
Selfishness is the root and essence of sin. All unregenerate men are
therefore more or less...
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HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:12 Second Cycle. This passage asks an
age-old question: Why does evil seem to go unpunished? God’s answer
is that all who are wicked will eventually be punished; meanwhile,...
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HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:17 MERCILESSLY KILLING NATIONS FOREVER?
If a righteous God does not step in to end the Babylonians’ wicked
plan, who will? Where is God’s justice, and how can he tolerate
t...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 1:11. Then] Elated by victory. CHANGE] Lit. the wind passes
by; the storm of violence like the wind sweeps over the land. Some
refer it to the Chaldee nation, who change in...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1:1-2:20
PART I. JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL, IN THE FORM OF A COLLOQUY BETWEEN THE
PROPHET AND GOD....
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Shall we turn at this time to the book of Habakkuk.
Very little is known concerning the personal background of Habakkuk.
Very little, nothing is known. We don't know really anything about his
backgrou...
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Ezekiel 30:26; Habakkuk 1:10; Habakkuk 1:9; Habakkuk 2:17; Habakkuk 2
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Empty their net — As fisher — men empty the full net to fill it
again....