ハバクク書 2:9-10 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:9-11

Corrupt ambition. Ambition may be pure and lofty, and when this is the case it cannot be too highly commended. It is "the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds." "It is to the human heart what spring is to the earth, making every root and bud and bough desire to be more." Headway cannot be made in life apart from it, and destitute of this spirit a man must be outstripped in the race. Ambition, however, may take the opposite form, and it is to ambition corrupt and low in its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:9-11

National wrongs ending in national woes. No. 2. "Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it." Notice— I. THE NATIONAL WRONGS HERE INDICATED . 1 . Coveting the possessions of others. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:10

The very means he took to secure his power shall prove his ruin. Thou hast consulted shame to thy house. By thy measures thou hast really determined upon, devised shame and disgrace for thy family; that is the result of all thy schemes, By cutting off many people ( peoples ). This is virtually correct. The verb in the present text is in the infinitive, and may depend upon the verb in the first clause. The versions read the past tense, συνεπέρανας , concidisti. So the Chaldee and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:9

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house - (or, with accents, “that coveteth covetousness or unjust gain, an evil to his house.”) What man coveteth seems gain, but is evil “to his house” after him, destroying both himself and his whole family or race with him . “That he may set his nest on high,” as an eagle, to which he had likened the Chaldee (Habakkuk 1:8. Compare Jeremiah 20:16). A pagan called “strongholds, the nests of tyrants.” The nest was placed “on high” which means... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:10

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house, the cutting off many people, and sinning against thy soul - The wicked, whether out of passion or with his whole mind and deliberate choice and will, takes that counsel, which certainly brings shame to himself and his house, according to the law of God, whereby, according to Exodus 20:5, He “visits the iniquities of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Him,” i. e., until by righteousness and restitution the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 2:9-11

Habakkuk 2:9-11. Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house “Which Nebuchadnezzar strove to aggrandize, and which Cyrus cut off.” Newcome. The translation of the LXX. accords exactly with ours: but the Hebrew, בצע בצע רע , seems to be more exactly rendered by Dr. Wheeler, “Wo unto him that procureth wicked gain for his family:” that is, who endeavours to raise it to a state of wealth and pre-eminence by sinful means. That he may set his nest on high May exalt himself and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 2:6-11

2:6-20 BABYLON’S SINSThe prophet now announces judgment on evildoers, listing five sins that God must punish. He introduces each condemnation with the words, ‘Woe to him who . . .’ (GNB: ‘You are doomed!’). The evildoer here is probably Babylon, but the condemnation has an application also to the Judeans. In fact, it applies to people of any age and race.The lust for power and wealth (2:6-11)To illustrate Babylon’s lust for power, the prophet refers to the practice of money-lending, which was... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:9

coveteth . . . covetousness = extorteth a gain. set his nest on high. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:21 ). power = hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for the power exercised by it. evil. Hebrew. ra'a' . App-44 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:10

consulted = counselled, or devised. shame = a shameful thing. sinned against thy soul. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 16:38 ). sinned. Hebrew. chata. App-44 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:9

"Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!"WOE IIThis is a reference to Babylon. Jamieson's comment is:"The image is from an eagle's nest (Job 39:27). The royal citadel (of Babylon) is meant. The Chaldean built high towers like the Babel founders, `to be delivered from the power of evil' (Genesis 11:4)."[25]Against exploitation and extortion. This woe is directed against dishonest and unscrupulous... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 2:9-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 2:6-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:9

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