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Verse Habakkuk 2:13. _THE PEOPLE SHALL LABOUR IN THE VERY FIRE_] All
these superb buildings shall be burnt down. See the parallel passage,
Jeremiah 51:58, and the note there.
_SHALL WEARY THEMSELVES...
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BEHOLD, IS IT NOT OF THE LORD OF HOSTS THAT (THE) PEOPLE (NATIONS)
SHALL LABOR - o
IN (FOR) THE VERY FIRE - literally, to suffice the fire? By God’s
appointment, the end of all their labor is for the...
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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.
H...
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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ (with. _eth)_. Jehovah of Hosts Himself.
App-4. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3....
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_WOE TO THOSE THAT ARE USE VIOLENCE -- HABAKKUK 2:12-14:_ The
Chaldeans were doomed because they built their nation on violence and
blood shed. They would conquer a nation, kill its people and take an...
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BEHOLD, IS IT NOT, &C.— _For certainly this is from the Lord of
Hosts, that the people shall take pains for the fire, and the nations
shall weary themselves,_ &c. Houbigant....
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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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Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour
in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very
vanity?
BEHOLD, IS IT NOT OF THE LORD OF HOSTS. Yahweh, who has...
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2:13 nations (g-18) _ Leummim_ , Psalms 2:1 . vain? (h-22) Or 'to no
purpose.' see Jeremiah 51:58 ; Isaiah 30:7 ....
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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
abou...
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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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הֲ לֹ֣וא הִנֵּ֔ה מֵ אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה
צְבָאֹ֑ות וְ יִֽיגְע֤וּ עַמִּים֙ בְּ
דֵי ־אֵ֔שׁ וּ...
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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 introduction from Habakkuk 2:6
b, then Habakkuk 2:9, Habakkuk 2...
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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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Behold, [is it] not from the (k) LORD of hosts that the people shall
labour [only] for fire, and the nations shall weary themselves for
nothing?
(k) Meaning, that God will not defer his vengeance lon...
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_Things, &c. That is, shall not these punishments that are here
recorded come from the Lord upon him that is guilty of such crimes?
(Challoner) or, are not these riches from the Lord? The king of Tyre...
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What vision is this? The whole prophecy of Isaiah is called a vision.
Isaiah 1:1. And that we know to have been concerning the Lord Jesus
and his gospel. And is not this the same? Was not Jesus sent f...
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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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Then he adds, _Shall it not be, behold, from Jehovah of hosts? _(38)
Some give a wrong version, “Is not this,” as though הנה, _ene_,
were put here instead of a pronoun demonstrative; but they extenuat...
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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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BEHOLD, [IS IT] NOT OF THE LORD OF HOSTS?.... That which follows; the
judgments of God upon the bloody city, which they that labour to
prevent labour in vain. So the Targum,
"lo, strong and mighty bl...
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Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour
in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very
vanity?
Ver. 13. _Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that th...
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_Wo to him that buildeth a town with blood_ Wo to those mighty
conquerors who have augmented Babylon by unjustly spoiling and ruining
many other cities, and destroying their inhabitants. Here we see t...
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THE FOUR REMAINING WOES...
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VERY VANITY?:
Or, in vain...
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5-14 The prophet reads the doom of all proud and oppressive powers
that bear hard upon God's people. The lusts of the flesh, the lust of
the eye, and the pride of life, are the entangling snares of m...
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BEHOLD: the prophet calls for attention, and that we observe who it is
will execute vengeance on bloody cities and kingdoms. Babylon is a
mighty city, and the kingdom is over-match to any kingdom, and...
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Habakkuk 2:13 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 peoples H5971 labor H3021 (H8799)
fire H1767 H784 nations H3816 weary H3286 (H8799) vain H1767 H7385
is it - Genesis 11:6-9; 2 Samuel 15:31; Job 5:13-14
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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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IS IT NOT
Or, it is not of the LORD, etc, that is, though permitted in His
providence, not His plan.
Compare (Micah 4:2)....
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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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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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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 2:12. Woe] the third. TOWN] Babylon, rebuilt and enlarged by
spoils of blood (Daniel 4:30).
HABAKKUK 2:13. FIRE] Lit. to suffice the fire; conflagration and
depopulation t...
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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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2 Samuel 15:31; Genesis 11:6; Isaiah 41:5; Isaiah 50:11; Isaiah 55:2;
Jeremiah 51:58; Jeremiah 51:64; Job 5:13; Job 5:14; Malachi 1:4;...
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Is it not of the Lord — Is it not a judgment from God? Shall labour
— That men go thro' the most painful labour. For very vanity — For
nothing; without any reward of their labour....