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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 1:1-4

We are told no more in the title of this book (which we have, Hab. 1:1) than that the penman was a prophet, a man divinely inspired and commissioned, which is enough (if that be so, we need not ask concerning his tribe or family, or the place of his birth), and that the book itself is the burden which he saw; he was as sure of the truth of it as if he had seen it with his bodily eyes already accomplished. Here, in these verses, the prophet sadly laments the iniquity of the times, as one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:2

O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear !.... The prophet having long observed the sins and iniquities of the people among whom he lived, and being greatly distressed in his mind on account of them, had frequently and importunately cried unto the Lord to put a stop to the abounding of them, that the people might be brought to a sense of their sins, and reform from them; but nothing of this kind appearing, he concludes his prayers were not heard, and therefore expostulates with... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:2

O Lord, how long shall I cry - The prophet feels himself strongly excited against the vices which he beheld; and which, it appears from this verse, he had often declaimed against, but in vain; the people continued in their vices, and God in his longsuffering. Habakkuk begins his prophecy under a similar feeling, and nearly in similar words, as Juvenal did his Satires: - Semper ego auditor tantum? Nunquamne reponam? Vexatus toties rauci Theseide Codri? read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:2

Verse 2 As I have already reminded you, interpreters think that the Prophet speaks here of future things, as though he had in his view the calamity which he afterwards mentions; but this is too strained a meaning; I therefore doubt not but that the Prophet expostulates here with God for so patiently indulging a reprobate people. For though the Prophets felt a real concern for the safety of the people, there is yet no doubt but that they burned with zeal for the glory of God; and when they saw... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:1-4

The cry of a good man under the perplexing procedure of God. "The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thee wilt not save!" etc. Of Habakkuk nothing is known for certainty. The fifth and sixth verses of the first chapter tell us that he prophesied before that series of invasions by the Chaldeans which ended in the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity of the people—probably between 640... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:2

Shall I cry; Septuagint, κέκραξομαι . The Hebrew is taken to imply that the prophet had long been complaining of the moral depravity of Judah, and calling for help against it There is no reference here, as Ewald fancies, to acts of violence committed by the Chaldeans, who, in fact, are announced as coming to chastise the wickedness of the chosen people ( Habakkuk 1:6 ). And thou wilt not hear! The continuance of evil unchecked is an anomaly in the prophet's eye; and, putting himself... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:2

The lamentation of a good man. I. OVER THE RELIGIOUS DEGENERACY OF HIS AGE . Not merely for himself, but as the representative of the godly remnant of Judah, Habakkuk expostulates with Jehovah concerning the wickedness of the times in which he lived. The picture he sets before Jehovah is one of deep national corruption, such as existed in the days of Jehoiakim ( Jeremiah 20:8 ; Jeremiah 22:3 , Jeremiah 22:13-17 ). A picture of wickedness. 1 . Great. 2 . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:2-4

2. The prophet complains to God of the iniquity of his own nation, and its consequence. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:2-4

The elegy. In this brief and plaintive strain we have— I. AN EARNEST HEART REFLECTING UPON THE PREVAILING INIQUITY . Whatever may have been the exact date of this prophecy, it is clear that the writer stood connected with the close of the kingdom of Judah, the eve of the Captivity, and that he presents to us, in a few graphic touches, a vivid description of the depravity then prevailing in the land. He bitterly laments over: 1 . The insecurity of property. ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 1:2

O Lord, how long shall I cry - Literally, “how long have I cried so intensely to Thee?” Because it is always the cry of the creature to the One who alone can hear or help - its God. Of this cry the Prophet expresses that it had already lasted long. In that long past he had cried out to God but no change had come. There is an undefined past, and this still continues.How long - as Asaph cries, “how long hast Thou been,” and, it is implied, wilt Thou be “wroth against the prayer of Thy people?” as... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 1:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:2-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:2-4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 1:2

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