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 the ear,
inwardly to the heart; fixed in purpose and earnest in mind he waits
for God’s revelation. R... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 2:4.] Judgment announced. LIFTED] Puffed up, then haughty or
presumptuous. UPRIGHT] Not straight, not without turning or trickery.
The heart of the enemy was proud and displeasing to God. BUT] Marking
the contrast between the Jew and the Chaldean, the believer and the
unb... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 2:5.] The thought further developed by a proverbial saying
with special reference to the Chaldeans. They were given to wine and
insatiable conquest. “Wine is treacherous; the haughty man stayeth
not at home” [_Hend_.] (cf. Proverbs 30:1). PROND] Elated, haughty
(Proverbs 2... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 2:6. These] “nations” and “people” (Habakkuk 2:4).
PARABLE] A derisive song (Isaiah 14:4; Micah 2:4), some; ode, given by
others, enigmatical in character. WOES] fivefold given, a song raised
by the oppressed over the fall of the oppressor. _First woe_,
ill-gotten gains. I... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 2:9. Woe] the second, against establishing a permanent
settlement by godless gain. EVIL] Covetousness surpassingly evil and
fatal to itself. HOUSE] Not the palace but the dynasty (Habakkuk
2:10). HIGH] As eagles build nests on high to protect from harm (cf.
Job 39:27); “s... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 2:12. Woe] the third. TOWN] Babylon, rebuilt and enlarged by
spoils of blood (Daniel 4:30).
HABAKKUK 2:13. FIRE] Lit. to suffice the fire; conflagration and
depopulation the result of all labour and fatigue.
HABAKKUK 2:14. FOR] God has determined this result; usurped gl... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 2:15. Woe] the fourth. BOTTLE] Skin in common use. LOOK] with
delight (Genesis 9:22). NAKED] The prostrate condition of the drunken
man a figure of the overthrow of a conquered nation (Nahum 3:11), and
the uncovering of the shame denotes the ignominy that has fallen upon... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 2:18.] Exposure of the folly of Babylon’s idolatry. WHAT]
use? none whatever. LIES] Lying oracles connected with idol worship.
DUMB] Nonentity (1 Corinthians 12:1).
HABAKKUK 2:19. AWAKE] to help. TEACH] Ironical, _it teach_! BREATH]
Not at all breath, the spirit of life... [ Continue Reading ]