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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:9

Their faces shall sup up as the east wind - This may be an allusion to those electrical winds which prevail in that country. Mr. Jackson, in his overland journey from India, mentions his having bathed in the Tigris. On his coming out of the river one of those winds passed over him, and, in a moment, carried off every particle of water that was on his body and in his bathing dress. So, the Chaldeans shall leave no substance behind them; their faces, their bare appearance, is the proof that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:5

Verse 5 The Prophet turns his discourse to the Jews, after having related the private colloquy, in which he expostulated with God for having so patiently borne with the obstinate wickedness of the nation. Being now as it were furnished with God’s command, (as the case really was,) he performs the office of a herald, and proclaims an approaching destruction. He indeed adopts a preface, which ought to have awakened drowsy and careless minds. He says—look, see, be astonished, be astonished; these... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:6

Verse 6 This verse is added by the Prophet as an explanation; for it was not enough to speak generally of God’s work, without reminding them that their destruction by the Chaldeans was nigh at hand. He does not indeed in this verse explain what would be the character of that judgement which he had mentioned in the last verse Habakkuk 1:5; but he will do this in what follows. Now the Prophets differ from Moses in this respect, for they show, as it were by the finger, what he threatened... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:7

Verse 7 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 vengeance: and he so regulated his judgement, that he used their cruelty for a good purpose. Thus we see that the worst of men are in God’s hand, as Satan is, who is their head; and yet that God is not implicated in their wickedness, as some insane men maintain; for they say—That if God... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:8

Verse 8 The design of these figurative expressions is the same. The Prophet had spoken of the cruelty of those enemies whom the Jews despised: he now adds, that they would be so active as to surpass in velocity both leopards and eagles, or to be at least equal to them. He then says first, that their horses would be swifter then leopards. The Jews might have eluded his threatenings, or at least have cherished their insensibility by a vain confidence, as we see how this vice prevails in the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:9

Verse 9 By saying that they would come to the prey, he means that they would have no trouble or labor, for they would be victorious before they had any contest, or had any war with their enemies. The meaning then is, that the Chaldeans would not come to spend much time in warfare, as when there is a strong power to resist; but that they would only come for the booty, for the Jews would be frightened, and instantly submit themselves. And by these words the Prophet intimates, that there would be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:5

Behold ye among the heathen; the nations . God, in answer, bids the prophet and his people look among the nations for those who shall punish the iniquities of which he complains. I will use a heathen nation, he says, as my instrument to chastise the sinners in Judaea; and you shall see that I have not disregarded the evil that is rife among you. Some commentators suppose that the impious are addressed; but Habakkuk spoke in the name and person of the righteous, and to them the answer must... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:5-10

The doom of a nation of conventional religionists. "Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation; which shall march through the breadth of the land," etc. In these verses we have the doom of a nation of conventional religionists. The Jews were such a nation; they prided themselves in the orthodoxy of their faith, in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:5-11

§ 3. To this appeal answers that he will send the Chaldeans to punish the evil doers with a terrible vengeance ; but rinse, his instruments, shall themselves offend by pride and impiety. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:5-11

Judgment on the wing. I. ITS CHARACTER DESCRIBED . ( Habakkuk 1:5 .) 1 . Its subjects. The land and people of Judah ( Habakkuk 1:6 ). These, though Jehovah's covenanted people, had declined from his worship, departed from his ways, dishonoured his Name. It was in the covenant that, under such circumstances, they should be chastised ( 2 Samuel 7:14 ; Psalms 89:30 ); and Jehovah is never unmindful of his covenant engagements ( Psalms 111:5 ), if men are of theirs ( 2... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:5-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 1:5-11

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