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Verse Habakkuk 2:2. _WRITE THE VISION_] Carefully take down all that I
shall say.
_MAKE_ IT _PLAIN UPON TABLES_] Write it in a full plain, legible hand.
_THAT HE MAY RUN THAT READETH IT._] That he...
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The answer is, that it is indeed for a long time yet. Write the
vision, that it may remain for those who come after and not be
forgotten, and make it plain upon the tables, whereon he was
accustomed t...
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CHAPTER 2
The Ungodliness of the Chaldeans and Their Destruction
_ 1. The waiting prophet and the message he received (Habakkuk 2:1) _
2. The five-fold woe upon the Chaldeans (Habakkuk 2:5)
Habakku...
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THE ORACLE FROM YAHWEH. Unable to explain the mystery, the prophet
stations himself on his watch-tower, and looks for the revelation of
God's purpose. Soon the oracle comes, and he is asked to write i...
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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
WRITE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 27:8). App-47 and
App-92.
THE VISION. Supply the logical _Ellipsis_: "[which. am about to reveal
to thee]". Compar...
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_WOE TO THOSE THAT ARE GREEDY AND COVETOUS -- HABAKKUK 2:1-11:_ After
Habakkuk spoke his second message he said he would stand guard on the
watchtower and wait for the Lord's answer. He would stand bo...
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JEHOVAH'S ANSWER. Habakkuk 2:1-20
RV. I will stand upon my watch and set me upon the tower, and will
look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer
concerning my complaint. And...
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And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it
plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
AND THE LORD ANSWERED ME, AND SAID, WRITE THE VISION - which I am
about to rev...
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FAITH TRIUMPHANT
1-4. The view from the watchtower.
1. The prophet climbs his tower, for he must reach a vantage point, if
he is to contemplate with real understanding and insight the confusion
about...
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THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA
Habakkuk
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 2
V1 I will stand and I will watch. I will stay on the walls (of the
city). I will look to see what (God) will say to me. And I will see...
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ON TABLES. — Better, _on the tables._ The definite article probably
indicates certain well-known tables on which the prophets were wont to
inscribe their utterances for public edification. These table...
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וַ יַּעֲנֵ֤נִי יְהוָה֙ וַ יֹּ֔אמֶר
כְּתֹ֣וב ח
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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 JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH”
Habakkuk 2:1-20
Having prayed, the prophet expected an answer and looked out for it.
When it came, there would be no mistaking it. But until we see eye to
eye, we must...
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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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And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it]
plain upon tablets, that he may run (b) that readeth it.
(b) Write it in great letters, that he that runneth may read it....
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_Over it. It shall be so legible (Haydock) anyone may hear or take a
copy. (Calmet)_...
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Here the Lord is answering his servant, and a gracious answer it is.
Reader! it is very blessed to wait upon the Lord in prayer; and when
we are at anytime admitted into the retirings of the Lord, nev...
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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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The Prophet now shows by his own example that there is no fear but
that God will give help in time, provided we bring our minds to a
state of spiritual tranquillity, and constantly look up to him: for...
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There the prophet stops, that God in His time may explain this;
watches, like a sentinel, to receive the answer of God to the anxiety
of his soul. God, in order to comfort His prophet and all His fait...
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AND THE LORD ANSWERED ME,.... As he does his ministers and people
sooner or later, in one way or another, when they call upon him with
humility and reverence, with faith and fervency:
AND SAID, WRITE...
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And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it]
plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Ver. 2. _And the Lord answered me, and said_] Wisdom he had sought of
God, who...
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_The Lord said, Write the vision_ Write down what I am going to say.
Every divine communication, by whatever means made, is often spoken of
in the prophetic writings under the title of a _vision._ Whe...
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1-4 When tossed and perplexed with doubts about the methods of
Providence, we must watch against temptations to be impatient. When we
have poured out complaints and requests before God, we must obser...
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AND THE LORD, on whom he waited, and who ruleth all affairs, answered
me; did hear my desire, and gave direction what I should do. WRITE;
what is only spoken is soon forgot, but what is written is mor...
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Habakkuk 2:2 LORD H3068 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) Write
H3789 (H8798) vision H2377 plain...
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HABAKKUK LOOKS ANXIOUSLY FOR THE ANSWER TO HIS QUESTIONS (HABAKKUK
2:1)
Habakkuk 2:1
‘I will stand on my watch,
And settle myself on the tower,
And look out to see what he will say to me,
And wha...
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RUN THAT READETH IT
Not, as usually quoted, "that he that runneth may read," but, "that he
may run that readeth"; that is, as a messenger of the "vision."
Compare (Zechariah 2:4); (Zechariah 2:5)....
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Habakkuk 2:1. _I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower,
and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall
answer when I am reproved._
«I shall look to God, and I shall al...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's response to Habakkuk's testimony. Vision of coming
woes.
CHARACTERS: God, Habakkuk.
CONCLUSION: The lusts of the flash, the lusts of the eye and the pride
of life are the entangl...
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Zechariah 2:1. _I will stand upon my watch._ The ancient nations often
had no great confidence in what is now called, The faith of treaties.
The Israelites kept a watchman on the tower of Jezreel; oth...
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_Write the vision, and make it plain._
TEACHING MUST BE PLAIN
Think of that railway excursion train as it hurries onwards with
impetuous speed! A vast crowd is collected there, and how various and
co...
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HABAKKUK 2:2 God’s Response. The Lord assures Habakkuk that he will
punish all the wicked, at the right time.
⇐ ⇔...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] WATCH] As those ascending high places to look into
the distance (2 Kings 9:17; 2 Samuel 18:24). SET] Plant myself firmly.
TO SEE] what God will say. UNTO] Lit. _in_ me; outwardly to t...
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EXPOSITION
HABAKKUK 2:1
§ 5. _The prophet, waiting for an answer to his expostulation, is
bidden to write the oracle in plain characters, because its fulfilment
is certain._
HABAKKUK 2:1
Habakkuk s...
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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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1 Corinthians 14:19; 2 Corinthians 3:12; Daniel 12:4; Deuteronomy
27:8;...
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Upon tables — What was of publick concern, and therefore to be
published, was anciently written or engraven upon tables, smooth
stones, or wood, and then hung up in a publick place to be read. May
run...