Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Habakkuk 1:1-17
Habakkuk Habakkuk 1:12 Bishop Daniel Wilson chose this passage as the text of his last sermon in Calcutta. He died six months later, on 2 January, 1858, in his eightieth year. References. I.12. G. Matheson, Moments on the Mount, p. 46. I. 16. G. Brooke, Outlines of Sermons, p. 170. Lent Temptations to Sin Habakkuk 1:14-15 Our Lord commissioned His Apostles to become fishers of men. But if Christ, by His priests, is fishing for souls, Satan, the ape of God, is doing the same. I. Satan's... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Habakkuk 1:2
(2) Even cry out.—The latter half of the verse is best rendered “Even cry unto thee ‘Violence!’ and thou wilt not save.” The single word “violence!” (châmâs) occurs elsewhere, as an appeal for assistance, used as we use the cry “murder!” “fire!” &c., among ourselves. (See Jeremiah 20:8, Job 19:7.) read more