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Habakkuk 1:5-11

Habakkuk 1:5 God’s Response. God has already begun to answer Habakkuk’s request: the Babylonians are coming to punish the Israelites.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 5. _BEHOLD YE AMONG THE HEATHEN_] Instead of בגוים _baggoyim_, among the _nations_ or _heathen_, some critics think we should read בגדים _bogedim, transgressors_; and to the same purpose the _S...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BEHOLD YE AMONG THE HEATHEN - The whole tone of the words suddenly changes. The Jews flattered themselves that, being the people of God, He would not fulfill His threats upon them. They had become lik...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BEHOLD. Look ye. For emphasis, introducing the change to Jehovah's answer. Quoted in Acts 13:41. Compare Isaiah 29:14. BEHOLD... REGARD... WONDER. Note the Figure of speech _Anabasis_ (App-6). HEATH...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BEHOLD YE, &C.—_THOUGH IT BE TOLD YOU_— _See and behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for,_ &c.—_when it is told._ Houbigant. So also the LXX, and Acts 13:41....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. BEHOLD YE AMONG THE HEATHEN, AND REGARD, AND...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:5 work (c-15) A thing done, as Isaiah 5:12 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BEHOLD YE AMONG THE HEATHEN] For this we ought to read, 'Behold, ye treacherous' (as in the quotation in Acts 13:41, 'ye despisers'). The despisers are those in Habakkuk 1:1 who trample upon moral and...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AMONG THE HEATHEN. — These words are emphatic. They imply — Jehovah will no longer manifest Himself among His chosen people, but among the Gentiles. Let them look abroad, and they shall see Him using...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    רְא֤וּ בַ † גֹּויִם֙ וְֽ הַבִּ֔יטוּ וְ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Behold ye among the nations, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for [I] will work a work in your days, [which] (d) ye will not believe, though it be told [you]. (d) As in times past you would not b...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Among. Septuagint ye despisers. St. Paul nearly agrees with this version, Acts xiii. 41. The copies vary, as the Hebrew has done. (Calmet) --- The apostle gives the mystical sense; the literal is ver...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I would desire to read this verse by itself; because I humbly conceive it is not connected with what follows. Though this verse, and the six that follow, are spoken by the Lord, yet the subjects diffe...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet turns his discourse to the Jews, after having related the private colloquy, in which he expostulated with God for having so patiently borne with the obstinate wickedness of the nation. Bei...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BEHOLD YE AMONG THE HEATHEN, AND REGARD,.... This is the Lord's answer to the prophet's complaint, or what he directs him to say to the Jews, guilty of the crimes complained of, which should not go lo...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for [I] will work a work in your days, [which] ye will not believe, though it be told [you]. Ver. 5. _Behold ye among the heathen, an...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Behold_, &c. For a punishment of such exorbitant practices, behold, God is about to make the heathen the instruments of his vengeance. _Ye among the heathen, and regard_ Consider and weigh it well, i...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF JEHOVAH'S JUDGMENT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Behold ye among the heathen, out of whose midst the storm of judgment would proceed, AND REGARD AND WONDER MARVELOUSLY, literally, "be astonished! astonished!". FOR I WILL WORK A WORK IN YOUR DAYS WHI...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BEHOLD YE: here God begins to answer the prophet, and calls for a very particular and exact consideration of the thing; see and ponder. AMONG THE HEATHEN; what judgments, what punishments have been ex...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Habakkuk 1:5 Look H7200 (H8798) nations H1471 watch H5027 utterly H8539 (H8798) astounded H8539 (H8690) work...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FOR I WILL WORK Verse 5 (Habakkuk 1:5) anticipates the dispersion "among the nations". Compare (Deuteronomy 28:64). While Israel as a nation is thus dispersed, Jehovah will "work a work" which Isra...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 1:1-2:20 PART I. JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL, IN THE FORM OF A COLLOQUY BETWEEN THE PROPHET AND GOD....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 13:40; Acts 13:41; Acts 6:13; Acts 6:14; Daniel 9:12;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Behold ye — Here God begins to answer the prophet. Among the heathen — See what judgments have been executed upon the heathen for like sins....

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