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Verse Habakkuk 1:12. _ART THOU NOT FROWN EVERLASTING_] The idols
change, and their worshippers change and fail: but thou, Jehovah, art
_eternal_; thou canst not change, and they who trust in thee are...
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The prophet, having summed up the deeds of the enemy of God in this
his end, sets forth his questions anew. He had appealed against the
evil of the wicked of his people; he had been told of the vengea...
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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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ART THOU NOT... ? Note the change of subject, as shown in the
Structure above.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
WE SHALL NOT DIE. This is one of the eighteen emendations of the
_Sopherim_ (see App-33),...
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_HABAKKUK REPLIED TO GOD -- HABAKKUK 1:12-14:_ Habakkuk addressed God
on behalf of the people. In this appeal to God he contrasted God's
power and purity with what God was doing with the destructive w...
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ART THOU NOT FROM EVERLASTING, O LORD— _For_ thou, _O Lord, my God,
the holy God, the God of truth, thou hast of old ordained him to
judgment: thou hast made him a strong enemy, that thou mightest
cor...
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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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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.
ART THOU N...
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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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HABAKKUK'S faith is staggered by the conduct of the Chaldeans. He had
welcomed them as ministers of the divine judgment, and 10!they had
shown themselves to be cruel and haughty, working out not God's...
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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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WE SHALL NOT DIE — _i.e._, God’s people may suffer, but shall not
be obliterated, shall not be “given over unto death.” The rest of
the verse runs literally, _Jehovah, for judgment hast Thou appointed...
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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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הֲ לֹ֧וא אַתָּ֣ה מִ קֶּ֗דֶם יְהוָ֧ה
אֱלֹהַ֛י
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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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[Art] thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall
not (k) die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O
mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
(k) He a...
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_Die? We hope that this scourge will not entirely ruin us. ---
Correction, like Pharao, Exodus ix. 16._...
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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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The Prophet now exulting, according to what all the faithful feel,
shows the effect of what he has just mentioned; for as ungodly men
wantonly rise up against God, and, while Satan renders them insane...
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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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[ART] THOU NOT FROM EVERLASTING, O LORD MY GOD, MINE HOLY ONE?.... The
prophet, foreseeing these calamities coming upon his nation and
people, observes some things for their comfort in this verse; and...
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Habakkuk 1:12 [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
correctio...
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_Art thou not_, &c. Here the prophet, upon being made sensible that
the king of Babylon should attribute all his victories to some false
or fictitious deity, or to his own abilities, breaks out into a...
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Art Thou not from everlasting, O Lord, my God, mine Holy One? To this
certainty the prophet clings; from it he derives consoling confidence.
WE SHALL NOT DIE, the people of the Lord would not be wholl...
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The Prophet's Prayer...
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MIGHTY:
_ Heb._ rock
ESTABLISHED:
_ Heb._ founded...
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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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ART THOU NOT FROM EVERLASTING? in being, thou art that God who art not
like the gods of the nations, upstart and novel, but before the
mountains were brought forth thou wast God; thou hast permitted,...
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Habakkuk 1:12 everlasting H6924 LORD H3068 God H430 One H6918 die
H4191 (H8799) LORD H3068 appointed H7760 ...
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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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_Art Thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One?_
we shall not die.
THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF IMMORTALITY
We know” that this prophet was inspired, from the profound moral
insight and...
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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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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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1 Samuel 2:2; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:16; 2 Kings 19:25; Acts 3:14