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Verse 7. _THEIR JUDGMENT - SHALL PROCEED OF THEMSELVES._] By revolting
from the Assyrians, they have become a great nation. Thus, their
judgment and excellence were the result of their own valour. Oth...
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THEY ARE TERRIBLE - איום _'âyôm_ occurs here only and Song of
Solomon 6:4, Song of Solomon 6:10, compared with the “bannered
host,” but the root is common in אימה _'ēymâh_.
AND DREADFUL - He desc...
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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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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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THEY. It.
JUDGMENT. decision.
DIGNITY. elevation. themselves. itself. Compare Isaiah 10:8; Isaiah
10:13; Isaiah 10:14....
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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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THEIR JUDGMENT, &C.— _They give to themselves their own judgments,
and their own auguries._ The meaning is, that the Chaldeans plunder
whatever they deem in their own judgments proper to be theirs, an...
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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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They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity
shall proceed of themselves.
THEIR JUDGMENT AND THEIR DIGNITY SHALL PROCEED OF THEMSELVES - i:e.,
they recognize no judge save them...
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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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(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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אָיֹ֥ם וְ נֹורָ֖א ה֑וּא מִמֶּ֕נּוּ
מִשְׁפָּטֹ֥ו וּ שְׂאֵתֹ֖ו יֵצֵֽא׃...
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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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They [are] terrible and dreadful: (e) their judgment and their dignity
shall proceed from themselves.
(e) They themselves will be your judges in this cause, and none will
have authority over them to...
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_Proceed. They admit no authority but their own. (Calmet) --- This
pride will prove their ruin. (Haydock)_...
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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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By saying that the Chaldeans would be terrible and dreadful, he
praises not their virtues; but, as I have already reminded you, he
shows that they would be prepared to do his service by executing his...
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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 [ARE] TERRIBLE AND DREADFUL,.... For the fierceness of their
countenances; the number and valour of their troops; the splendour of
their armour; the victories they had obtained, and the cruelty t...
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They [are] terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity
shall proceed of themselves.
Ver. 7. _They are terrible and dreadful_] Or horrible, such as were
those giants called Emims, Deu 2:10...
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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 JUDGMENT AND THEIR DIGNITY SHALL PROCEED OF THEMSELVES:
Or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity
of these...
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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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THEY ARE TERRIBLE AND DREADFUL: to affect the incredulous Jews with
greater fear, it is doubled, they are of all nations most terrible; in
the fierceness wherewith they assault, and cruelty with which...
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Habakkuk 1:7 terrible H366 dreadful H3372 (H8737) judgment H4941
dignity H7613 proceed H3318 (H8799)
their judgment - etc. or, from them shall proceed the judgment of
these and the captivity of these...
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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...
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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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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 m...
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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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Deuteronomy 5:19; Deuteronomy 5:27; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:25;
Jeremiah 52:9...
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Their judgment — The law they observe, is their own will. Their
dignity — Their authority is all from themselves, without respect to
any other law or rule whatever....