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Verse 8. _THEIR HORSES ALSO ARE SWIFTER THAN THE LEOPARDS_] The
Chaldean cavalry are proverbial for swiftness, courage, c. In
Jeremiah, Jeremiah 4:13, it is said, speaking of Nebuchadnezzar, "His
char...
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THEIR HORSES ARE SWIFTER - literally, lighter, as we say “light of
foot”
THAN LEOPARDS - The wild beast intended is the panther, the lightest,
swiftest, fiercest, most bloodthirsty of beasts of prey “...
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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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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...
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MORE FIERCE. keener.
SHALL FLY AS THE EAGLE. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49;
Deuteronomy 28:50). App-92....
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_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...
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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...
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Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce
than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves,
and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the...
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1:8 prance (d-20) Or 'spread themselves.'...
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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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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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ARE MORE FIERCE. — Better, _are sharper._ This is the literal
meaning of the verb. The ideas intended are those of activity and
ferocity, both prompted by hunger. The evening wolf coming out of his
la...
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(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....
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וְ קַלּ֨וּ מִ נְּמֵרִ֜ים סוּסָ֗יו וְ
חַדּוּ֙
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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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_Leopards: the swiftest quadrupeds. (Calmet) --- The horses near the
Euphrates were swift and warlike. (Oppian.) --- Swifter. Hebrew,
"sharper" (Haydock) in seeing, even when there is no moon. (Elian...
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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...
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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 design of these figurative expressions is the same. The Prophet
had spoken of the cruelty of those enemies whom the Jews despised: he
now adds, that they would be so active as to surpass in veloci...
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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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THEIR HORSES ALSO ARE SWIFTER THAN THE LEOPARDS,.... Creatures
remarkable for their swiftness: these are creatures born of the mating
of a he panther and a lioness, and not of a lion and a she panther...
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Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce
than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves,
and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the...
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_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...
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF JEHOVAH'S JUDGMENT...
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Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, so that their attacks
could be made with the greatest speed, AND ARE MORE FIERCE THAN THE
EVENING WOLVES, when hunger makes them ravenous; AND THEIR HO...
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FIERCE:
_ Heb._ sharp...
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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...
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THEIR HORSES ALSO ARE SWIFTER; they will be sooner upon you than you
think, and when once among you, they will be swifter than you can flee
from, ISAIAH 30:16 LAMENTATIONS 4:19. THAN THE LEOPARDS; a f...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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Deuteronomy 28:49; Ezekiel 17:12; Ezekiel 17:3; Hosea 8:1; Isaiah 5:2
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The evening wolves — Which with fasting in the day, came out in the
evening, fierce and ravenous. Shall spread — All over the land....