CHAPTER XVI
HOW CAN GOD ALLOW INJUSTICE TO GO UNPUNISHED?
INTRODUCTION. Habakkuk 1:1
RV. The burden which Habakkuk a prophet did see.
LXX. The burden which the prophet Ambacum saw.
COMMENTS
Habakkuk introduces his written prophecy in words calculated to
establish it as authentically from God. Tr... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST QUESTION. Habakkuk 1:2-4
RV. O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out
unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save. Why dost thou show me
iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are
before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth... [ Continue Reading ]
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 raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and
hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, t... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Rock, has established him for correction. Thou that art of
purer eyes than to behold evil, and that can... [ Continue Reading ]