"They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag:f therefore they rejoice and are glad."
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THEY TAKE UP ALL OF THEM - (literally “he taketh up all of it”)
the whole race as though it were one,
WITH AN ANGLE; THEY CATCH THEM - literally, he sweepeth it away
IN THEIR (HIS) NET - One fisherma...
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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 (Hab...
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REMONSTRANCE OVER THE INHUMANITY OF THE CHALDEANS. The execution of
Divine judgment raises fresh questions: Why should the Holy One, whose
eyes are too pure to look on evil, appoint as minister of jus...
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ANGLE. hook.
DRAG. a fish-net. Occurs only here (verses: Habakkuk 1:15; Habakkuk
1:16) and in Isaiah 19:8. Greek. _sagene._ See App-122. Italian _seine
sagena,_ whence (with. different vowel) the Gre...
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_HABAKKUK SAW A TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION -- HABAKKUK 1:15-17:_ Habakkuk
saw the Chaldeans dealing with the Jews like fish being caught in a
net and consumed. The enemy would come and destroy and take them...
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THEREFORE THEY REJOICE AND ARE GLAD— _Therefore he rejoices and
triumphs._ The whole verse may he rendered in the singular number....
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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 Roc...
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They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their
net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are
glad.
THEY TAKE UP ALL OF THEM - all kinds of fish - i:e., men,...
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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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(12-17) Though sore perplexed, Habakkuk feels sure that the God whom
this swaggering conqueror has insulted will at last vindicate Himself....
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כֻּלֹּה֙ בְּ חַכָּ֣ה הֵֽעֲלָ֔ה
יְגֹרֵ֣הוּ בְ חֶרְמֹ֔ו וְ
יַאַסְפֵ֖הוּ בְּ מִכְמַרְתֹּ֑ו עַל
־כֵּ֖ן יִשְׂמַ֥ח
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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 caree...
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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 fill...
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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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This is a most blessed prayer, and if I mistake not, it takes into its
bosom all the great leading points of redemption. The Prophet by this
figure of speech, of seemingly as king, the Lord concerning...
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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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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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THEY TAKE UP ALL OF THEM WITH THE ANGLE,.... The prophet continues the
metaphor of fishing, and observes the different ways of taking fish;
which is to be applied to the case he is speaking of: as fis...
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_They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their
net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are
glad._
Ver. 15. _They take up all of them with the angle_] No les...
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_Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil_ Thou art of too just and
pure a nature to approve of wickedness: it must ever be an abomination
to thee. _Thou canst not look upon iniquity_ Except with in...
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The Prophet's Prayer...
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DRAG:
Or, flue net...
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12-17 However matters may be, yet God is the Lord our God, our Holy
One. We are an offending people, he is an offended God, yet we will
not entertain hard thoughts of him, or of his service. It is gr...
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THEY; either more generally oppressors every where, or else
particularly the Chaldeans. TAKE UP; draw them out slily and craftily,
when they are taken by his bait. ALL OF THEM without distinction, all...
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Habakkuk 1:15 up H5927 (H8689) hook H2443 catch H1641 (H8799) net
H2764 gather H622 (H8799) dragnet H4365 rejoice H8055 (H8799) glad
H1523 (H8799)
take - Jeremiah 16:16; Ezekiel 29:4-5;...
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HABBAKUK IS EVEN MORE PUT OUT. HOW CAN GOD USE SUCH INSTRUMENTS TO
CHASTEN HIS PEOPLE? (HABAKKUK 1:12).
Habakkuk 1:12
‘Are you not from everlasting, O YHWH?
My God, my Holy One, We will not die.
O...
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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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_And makest men as the fishes of the sea _
RAPACIOUS SELFISHNESS IN POWER
Illustrated in Nebuchadnezzar.
Selfishness is the root and essence of sin. All unregenerate men are
therefore more or less...
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HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:12 Second Cycle. This passage asks an
age-old question: Why does evil seem to go unpunished? God’s answer
is that all who are wicked will eventually be punished; meanwhile,...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 1:11. Then] Elated by victory. CHANGE] Lit. the wind passes
by; the storm of violence like the wind sweeps over the land. Some
refer it to the Chaldee nation, who change in...
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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.
HABAKKUK 1:1
§ 1. _The inscription of the book. _THE BURDEN (see note on Nahum
1:1)....
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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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Amos 4:2; Ezekiel 25:6; Ezekiel 26:2; Ezekiel 29:4; Ezekiel 29:5;
Ezekiel 35:15; Jeremiah 16:16; Jeremiah 50:11; John 21:6; Lamentations
2:1
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They — The Chaldeans draw out all alike, good or bad. In their net
— Destroying many together. And gather — As if they could never
have enough, they drive men into their nets....