Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Habakkuk 1:9
For violence — To enrich themselves by making a prey of all. Their faces — Their very countenances shall be as blasting as the east — wind.
For violence — To enrich themselves by making a prey of all. Their faces — Their very countenances shall be as blasting as the east — wind.
Verse 9. _THEIR FACES SHALL SUP UP_ AS _THE EAST WIND_] This may be an allusion to those _electrical winds_ which prevail in that country. Mr. _Jackson_, in his overland journey from India, mentions...
THEY SHALL COME ALL FOR VIOLENCE - “Violence” had been the sin of Judah Habakkuk 1:3, and now violence shall be her punishment. It had been ever before the prophet; all were full of it. Now should vio...
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
THE CHALDEANS AS MINISTERS OF DIVINE JUSTICE. In His answer Yahweh directly addresses the evil-doers, warning them that He is about to work a work in their days they would never have believed: He is r...
ALL FOR VIOLENCE: i.e. not for conquest, but for destruction. FACES. aspect, intent, or eagerness, SUP UP, &C.. swallow up (as in Job 39:24), as the Palestine burning east wind withers up and destro...
_GOD ANSWERED HABAKKUK'S COMPLAINT -- HABAKKUK 1:5-11:_ God assured Habakkuk that He was busy doing something about the situation that was so much bothering him. He told the prophet that he would be a...
THEIR FACES SHALL SUP, &C.— _A burning wind goes before them, and gathers captives as the sand._ Houbigant. They shall carry desolation, destruction, and fire every where before them. The winds which...
JEHOVAH'S ANSWER. Habakkuk 1:5-11 RV. Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you. For, lo, I...
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. THEY SHALL COME ALL FOR VIOLENCE - the sole object of all is, not to e...
1:9 crowd (e-9) Or 'the striving,' 'eagerness.' forwards, (f-14) Others 'eastwards.'...
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...
RM 'Their faces are set eagerly forwards, and they gather captives as the sand.'...
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...
(5-11) Jehovah’s answer to Habakkuk’s complaint. These disorders are to be punished by an invasion of Chaldæaus. The appearance, character, and operations of these invaders are described....
THEIR FACES SHALL SUP UP AS THE EAST WIND. — Literally, if we could accept this interpretation, _the eagerness of their faces is eastward._ The passage, however, is beset with philological difficultie...
כֻּלֹּה֙ לְ חָמָ֣ס יָבֹ֔וא מְגַמַּ֥ת פְּנֵיהֶ֖ם...
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...
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...
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...
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up [as] the (f) east wind, and they shall gather the captives (g) as the sand. (f) For the Jews most feared this wind, because it destroyed the...
_Burning. Hebrew also, "eastern," which is hot, and raises the sand of Arabia so as to be very detrimental. (Calmet) --- Out of 2,000 travellers from Mecca to Aleppo, only twenty-nine escaped such a s...
After the observation I ventured to make on the preceding verse, it will be expected from me, that I should say in what sense I consider what is here said of the Chaldeans coming up upon the land. To...
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...
By saying that they would come to the prey, he means that they would have no trouble or labor, for they would be victorious before they had any contest, or had any war with their enemies. The meaning...
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...
THEY SHALL COME ALL FOR VIOLENCE,.... Or, "the whole of it" s; the whole army of the Chaldeans, everyone of them; this would be their sole view, not to do themselves justice, as might be pretended, or...
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up [as] the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. Ver. 9. _They shall come all for violence_] That by force and violence...
_Their judgment, &c., shall proceed of themselves_ They will judge themselves of what they shall do, without paying regard to any thing but their own will, and shall have power to put in execution wha...
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF JEHOVAH'S JUDGMENT...
They shall come all for violence, or, "all its multitude," the entire hostile nation, "comes for deeds of violence," so that none can withstand the impact of its attack; THEIR FACES SHALL SUP UP AS TH...
THEIR FACES SHALL SUP UP AS THE EAST: _ Heb._ the supping up of their faces, etc. Or, their faces shall look toward the East. _Heb._ the opposition of their faces toward the East...
1-11 The servants of the Lord are deeply afflicted by seeing ungodliness and violence prevail; especially among those who profess the truth. No man scrupled doing wrong to his neighbour. We should lo...
THEY, Chaldeans, and in particular these fierce and swift horsemen, shall come all, with one purpose, on the same design, to enrich themselves by making a prey of all. THEIR FACES SHALL SUP UP AS THE...
Habakkuk 1:9 come H935 (H8799) violence H2555 faces H6440 set H4041 wind H6921 gather H622 (H8799) captives...
GOD'S REPLY. HE IS BRINGING THE BABYLONIANS AS HIS CHASTENERS (HABAKKUK 1:5). Habakkuk 1:5 ‘Behold among the nations and regard, and wonder marvellously (‘wonder with wonder'). For I work a work in y...
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...
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...
_I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you._ THE DOOM OF A NATION OF CONVENTIONAL RELIGIONISTS The Jews were such a nation. They prided themselves in the orth...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:2 First Cycle. Habakkuk is disappointed that God does not seem to be answering his prayers. God’s response shows that, although Habakkuk doesn’t realize it, his prayers are...
HABAKKUK 1:5 God’s Response. God has already begun to answer Habakkuk’s request: the Babylonians are coming to punish the Israelites. ⇐...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:9 The Babylonians were known for their VIOLENCE. THEY GATHER CAPTIVES LIKE SAND. They continued the Assyrian policy of deporting captives to other lands....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 1:5]. God’s answer to the complaint. BEHOLD] prophet and people. God is about to act, and they will be terrified at its results (cf. Acts 13:41). HABAKKUK 1:6. RAISE] To ma...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1:1-2:20 PART I. JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL, IN THE FORM OF A COLLOQUY BETWEEN THE PROPHET AND GOD....
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...
Deuteronomy 28:51; Deuteronomy 28:52; Ezekiel 17:10; Ezekiel 19:12;...