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Verse Habakkuk 2:18. _WHAT PROFITETH THE GRAVEN IMAGE_] This is
against idolatry in general, and every species of it, as well as
against those princes, priests, and people who practice it, and
encour...
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WHAT PROFITETH - (_Hath_ profited) הועיל מה. Samuel warned
them, “Serve the Lord with all your heart, and turn ye not aside;
for (it would be) after vanities which will not profit nor deliver for
they...
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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...
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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...
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TRUSTETH. confideth. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69.
DUMB IDOLS. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6). Hebrew.
_'elilim illemim =_ nothings [that] say nothing. Compare Jeremiah
14:14....
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_WOE TO THOSE THAT WORSHIP IDOLS -- HABAKKUK 2:18-20:_ The Chaldeans
were a pagan nation. They were deeply involved in idol worship. God
again warned about the foolishness of idolatry. He said an idol...
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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...
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What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven
it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his
work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
WHAT PROFITETH THE G...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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A TEACHER OF LIES. — Not the false prophet, but the idol itself, as
pointing out false ways in opposition to God, the teacher of truth.
THAT THE MAKER... — Better, _that he who frames his image trust...
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(18-20) _Woe_ on him who neglects Jehovah to worship dumb idols of his
own making....
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מָֽה ־הֹועִ֣יל פֶּ֗סֶל כִּ֤י פְסָלֹו֙
יֹֽצְרֹ֔ו...
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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
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“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...
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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...
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What profiteth the graven (p) image that its maker hath engraved it;
the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work
trusteth in it, to make dumb idols?
(p) He shows that the Baby...
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_Thing, Protestants falsely, "image." (Haydock) --- This is addressed
to all idolaters._...
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I should conceive, that in allusion to gospel salvation, which the
enemies of the cross will endeavour to counteract, the expressions
here mean the awful character of those who aim to intoxicate the m...
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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 Prophet now advances farther, and shows that whatever he had
predicted of the future ruin of Babylon and of its monarchy, proceeded
from the true God, from the God of Israel: for it would not have...
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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...
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WHAT PROFITETH THE GRAVEN IMAGE THAT THE MAKER THEREOF HATH GRAVEN
IT,.... The graven images the church of Rome enjoins the worship of;
the images of the Trinity, of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, of ang...
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What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it;
the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work
trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Ver. 18. _What profite...
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_What profiteth the graven image_ The last sin that the prophet takes
notice of, for which God would execute his judgments upon Babylon, is
idolatry. Compare Jeremiah 50:2; and Jeremiah 51:44; Jeremia...
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What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it,
such trust is utterly useless, THE MOLTEN IMAGE AND A TEACHER OF LIES,
the idol itself, THAT THE MAKER OF HIS WORK TRUSTETH THERE...
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THE FOUR REMAINING WOES...
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THE MAKER OF HIS WORK:
_ Heb._ the facioner of his facion...
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15-20 A severe woe is pronounced against drunkenness; it is very
fearful against all who are guilty of drunkenness at any time, and in
any place, from the stately palace to the paltry ale-house. To g...
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Here the prophet removes the confidences of Babylon; she would boast
of her gods, and depend on them, but this will be vain and
unprofitable, it is not imaginable that these idols should help these
pe...
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Habakkuk 2:18 profit H3276 (H8689) image H6459 maker H3335 (H8802)
carve H6458 (H8804) image H4541 teacher...
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THE FIFTH WOE (HABAKKUK 2:18).
Habakkuk 2:18
‘What does it profit the graven image that his maker has graven it,
The molten image, even the teacher of lies,
That the maker of his work trusts in it...
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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...
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TRUSTETH
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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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...
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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...
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_What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven
it._
NATIONAL WRONGS ENDING IN NATIONAL WOES
I. That men often give to the works of their own hands the devotions
that belong to G...
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HABAKKUK 2:2 God’s Response. The Lord assures Habakkuk that he will
punish all the wicked, at the right time.
⇐ ⇔...
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HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:6 This taunt against the Babylonians
consists of five “woe oracles” (vv. Habakkuk 2:6, Habakku
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HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:18 IDOLS are worthless and lifeless
objects unworthy of the faith placed in them (compare Jeremiah 10:14).
Teache
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 2:18.] Exposure of the folly of Babylon’s idolatry. WHAT]
use? none whatever. LIES] Lying oracles connected with idol worship.
DUMB] Nonentity (1 Corinthians 12:1)....
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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...
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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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1 Corinthians 12:2; 1 Timothy 4:1; 1 Timothy 4:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:9;...