Habakkuk 2:5 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:5

transgresseth = = is transgressing, or is acting deceitfully. wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27 . man = strong man. desire = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. hell = Sheol. See App-35 . Compare Isaiah 5:14 . is = he [is]. people = peoples read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:5

"Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.WOE IAlthough the character of the one described in this verse was primarily a reference to the Babylonian state, in its wider application, it describes the greedy, godless states of all times. Here we have a metaphor of the approaching enemy destined to overthrow God's... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 2:5-6

Habakkuk 2:5-6. Yea, also, &c.— A transgressor by wine, is quite foreign to the subject; nor do the Syriac, LXX, or Arabic mention any thing of it. Houbigant renders the verse, very agreeably to the context, thus, For he, though he is a despiser, and powerful, and proud, yet shall he not have rest. After he shall have enlarged his desire as the grave, and as death, he shall not be satisfied; and after he shall have gathered to him all nations, and have heaped unto him all people. Habakkuk... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:5

5. Yea also, because—additional reason why the Jews may look for God punishing their Chaldean foe, namely, because . . . he is a proud man—rather, this clause continues the reason for the Jews expecting the punishment of the Chaldeans, "because he transgresseth by wine (a besetting sin of Babylon, compare :-, and CURTIUS [5.1]), being a proud man." Love of wine often begets a proud contempt of divine things, as in Belshazzar's case, which was the immediate cause of the fall of Babylon (Daniel... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:2-20

II. HABAKKUK’S QUESTIONS AND YAHWEH’S ANSWERS 1:2-2:20The prophet asked Yahweh two questions and received two answers. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:4-5

2. The Lord’s indictment of Babylon 2:4-5Having prepared the prophet for His answer, the Lord now gave it. What follows must be that revelation. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:5

The Lord advanced the thought of Habakkuk 2:4 further. When a person drinks too much wine it leads him to reveal his pride publicly. The Babylonians were known for their consumption of wine (e.g., Daniel 5). Wine makes a person dissatisfied with his present situation and possessions, and he often leaves his home to find more elsewhere (cf. Proverbs 23:31-32). The proud person is never satisfied, like death that consumes people every day and never stops. Babylon was similar, opening wide its... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:1-20

Faith Triumphant1-4. 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 about his feet, i.e. occasioned by Chaldean aggressiveness and indifference to right. The tower is not, of course, a literal tower—some high and lonely place to which the prophet may retire; it simply suggests the inner light of revelation, by the aid of which he contemplates the perplexing situation. The... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Habakkuk 2:5

(5) Yea, also. . . .—Better, Add, too, that wine is treacherous (and that) he is a braggart and cannot be quiet, whose appetite is large as (that of) Hades. The rest of the verse illustrates this last-named characteristic—restless, rapacious ambition. Two more charges are thus added to the gravamen of Habakkuk 2:4. Not only are the Chaldæans arrogant, but drunkards, and insatiably covetous. The former charge is expressed in a kind of proverb, “(It is a known fact that) wine is treacherous.”... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Habakkuk 2:1-20

The Free-thinker Among the Prophets Habakkuk 2:1 Tradition has much to tell of Habakkuk the Prophet, but history has nothing. He belongs to a class who have made history; he is the kind of man whom God sends to usher in new stages, and launch new epochs of knowledge and action. Look at the spirit of his questioning. I. It was a temper which, with all its daring, was always reverent, and in its utter frankness was completely sincere. This man never rails against God; he is never irreverent,... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 2:5-6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:2-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:4-5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:5

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:1-20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Habakkuk 2:5

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Habakkuk 2:1-20

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