Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Habakkuk 2:9
To his house — His family which he would enrich, and raise high. Delivered — Kept secure and out of danger from all below him.
To his house — His family which he would enrich, and raise high. Delivered — Kept secure and out of danger from all below him.
Verse 9. _AN EVIL COVETOUSNESS TO HIS HOUSE_] Nebuchadnezzar wished to aggrandize his _family_, and make his _empire_ permanent: but both _family_ and _empire_ were soon cut off by the death of his so...
WOE TO HIM THAT COVETETH AN EVIL COVETOUSNESS TO HIS HOUSE - (or, with accents, “that coveteth covetousness or unjust gain, an evil to his house.”) What man coveteth seems gain, but is evil “to his ho...
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...
WOES ON THE EVIL-DOER. Habakkuk 2:5 f. Woe on the insatiable conqueror, who treacherously gathers to himself the heritage of all the nations, only to be the victim of their bitterest maledictions. Ha...
COVETETH... COVETOUSNESS. extorteth. gain. SET HIS NEST ON HIGH. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:21). POWER. hand. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the power exercised b...
_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...
THAT HE MAY SET HIS NEST ON HIGH— _Who setteth his nest on high, that he may be delivered from evil;_ or _be exempted,_ or _secured from the reach of evil;_ that is to say, from the destruction of his...
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...
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! WOE TO HIM THAT COVETETH AN EVIL COVETOUSNESS - i:e.,...
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...
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...
(6-20) The destruction of the Chaldæans has hitherto been only implied. It is now plainly foretold in a denunciatory song, put into the mouths of the invader’s victims. In this song there are five str...
WOE TO HIM THAT COVETETH... — Better, _Woe to him who accumulates wicked gain for his house, who sets his nest on high to save himself from the hand of evil_ — _i.e.,_ who gathers spoil from the natio...
(9-11) Woe on the aggrandisement of the new dynasty by force and cunning....
הֹ֗וי בֹּצֵ֛עַ בֶּ֥צַע רָ֖ע לְ בֵיתֹ֑ו לָ
Habakkuk 2:1 Habakkuk 2:5 The dramatic piece Habakkuk 1:2; Habakkuk 2:1 is succeeded by a series of fine taunt-songs, starting after an in
“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...
The proclamations fall into two parts. The first is concerned with the "puffed up," the second concerns the righteous. The "puffed up" are described as haughty, ambitious, conquering, against whom th...
_Wo. This is commonly understood of Nabuchodonosor; but it seems rather to designate Joakim, (Jeremias xxii. 13.) whose injustice scandalized the prophet. (Calmet)_...
What vision is this? The whole prophecy of Isaiah is called a vision. Isaiah 1:1. And that we know to have been concerning the Lord Jesus and his gospel. And is not this the same? Was not Jesus sent f...
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...
Habakkuk proceeds in exciting the king of Babylon by taunts; which were not scurrilous jests, but contained serious threatening; for, as it has been already said, the Prophet here introduces indeed th...
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...
WOE TO HIM THAT COVETETH AN EVIL COVETOUSNESS TO HIS HOUSE,.... The bishops of Rome, being enriched by the donations of Constantine, were not satisfied, but coveted more; these are the greedy dogs Isa...
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! Ver. 9. _Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness_]...
_Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house _ “Which Nebuchadnezzar strove to aggrandize, and which Cyrus cut off.” Newcome. The translation of the LXX. accords exactly with ours: but t...
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, who accumulates the gain of wickedness for his house, seeking to establish his house by unrighteous, wicked methods, THAT HE MAY SET HIS NES...
THE FOUR REMAINING WOES...
COVETETH AN EVIL COUNTENANCE: Or, gaineth an evil gain POWER OF EVIL: _ Heb._ palm of the hand...
5-14 The prophet reads the doom of all proud and oppressive powers that bear hard upon God's people. The lusts of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life, are the entangling snares of m...
WOE! it is a general and comprehensive threat against all tyrants and oppressors. To him; every one that is guilty of the sin. THAT COVETETH AN EVIL COVETOUSNESS; or driveth a trade of oppression, to...
Habakkuk 2:9 Woe H1945 covets H1214 (H8802) evil H7451 gain H1215 house H1004 set H7760 (H8800) nest...
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 sham...
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 acti...
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...
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...
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...
_Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house._ COVETOUSNESS AND SELF-TRUST I. The national wrongs here indicated. 1. Coveting the possessions of others. “Woe to him that coveteth an e...
HABAKKUK 2:2 God’s Response. The Lord assures Habakkuk that he will punish all the wicked, at the right time. ⇐ ⇔...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:6 This taunt against the Babylonians consists of five “woe oracles” (vv. Habakkuk 2:6, Habakku
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:9 WOE. Babylon is condemned for collecting stolen goods and relying on wealth for protection. SET HIS NEST ON HIGH. Like the eagle that builds its nest in unreachable spots...
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 dy...
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...
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...
1 Kings 21:19; 1 Kings 21:2; 2 Kings 5:20; Acts 1:17; Deutero