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 what I will answer, to do with my complaint.' Having questioned first why God has not dealt with His p... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST WOE (HABAKKUK 2:6). Habakkuk 2:6 ‘Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, saying, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his. How long? And who loads himself with pledges.' Shall not those who will bite you rise up suddenly, And those awa... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIVE WOES OF GOD (HABAKKUK 2:6). God now outlines to Habakkuk how He is going to finally punish Babylon for what it is, and the wonderful blessing to the whole world which will come from His actions, fully justifying in the long run His use of the Babylonians to chasten Israel. There are here... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SECOND WOE (HABAKKUK 2:9). Habakkuk 2:9 ‘Woe to him who obtains an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest high up, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil. You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many people, and have sinned against your soul. For the stone will... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THIRD WOE (HABAKKUK 2:12). Habakkuk 2:12 ‘Woe to him who builds a town with blood, And establishes a city by iniquity. Behold is it not of YHWH that the peoples labour for the fire, And the nations weary themselves for vanity? For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory o... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FOURTH WOE (HABAKKUK 2:15). . Habakkuk 2:15 ‘Woe to him who gives his neighbour drink, Adding your wrath to him, And makes him drunk as well, In order that you may look on their nakedness.' The fourth woe concerns the fact that Babylon led astray other nations besides herself. It is pictur... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIFTH WOE (HABAKKUK 2:18). Habakkuk 2:18 ‘What does it profit the graven image that his maker has graven it, The molten image, even the teacher of lies, That the maker of his work trusts in it, So that he makes dumb idols? Woe to him who says to the wood, “Awake.” To the dumb stone, “Aris... [ Continue Reading ]