Habakkuk 1:3 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:1-11

1:1-2:5 HABAKKUK COMPLAINS AND GOD ANSWERSFirst complaint and answer (1:1-11)Despite Habakkuk’s zealous preaching and fervent prayer, Judah shows no sign of improvement. All around him the prophet sees violence, lawlessness, injustice and all sorts of other social evils. Knowing God is holy and just, he asks God how long will he allow this wickedness to go unpunished (1:1-4).God replies that he is preparing the Babylonians (Chaldeans) to punish Judah. God has not told the Judeans about this,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 1:3

iniquity. Hebrew. 'avert. ( App-44 .) = trouble, having special reference to the nature and consequences of evil-doing. grievance = oppression, or injustice. Hebrew. 'amal. App-44 . there are that raise up. A reading is found in some codices (named in the Massorah), "I had to endure". strife and contention. There should not be a comma after "strife", as in the Revised Version. The Hebrew accents indicate the one act, "and contention rising up", like "spoiling and violence are before me"... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:3

"Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up."Despite all of the terrible wickedness, God apparently did nothing about it; at least it seemed so to Habakkuk. Everywhere he looked, he continued to "behold iniquity and perverseness in the character and conduct of his (God's) people."[8] The question in Habakkuk's heart was, "How could God look on this condition without punishing it, thus... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 1:3

Habakkuk 1:3. And there are that raise up strife, &c.— And there is strife; and contention carries it. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 1:3

3. cause me to behold grievance—MAURER denies that the Hebrew verb is ever active; he translates, "(Wherefore) dost Thou behold (without doing aught to check) grievance?" The context favors English Version. there are that raise up strife and contention—so CALVIN. But MAURER, not so well, translates, "There is strife, and contention raises itself." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 1:2-4

A. Habakkuk’s question about Judah 1:2-4This section is a lament and is similar to many psalms of lament (e.g., Psalms 6:3; Psalms 10:1-13; Psalms 13:1-4; Psalms 22:1-21; Psalms 74:1-11; Psalms 80:4; Psalms 88; Psalms 89:46; cf. Jeremiah 12:4; Zechariah 1:12). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 1:2-20

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 1:3

Habakkuk wanted to know why Yahweh allowed the iniquity and wickedness that he had to observe every day to continue in Judah. Destruction, ethical wrong, strife, and contention were not only common, but they were increasing. Yet Yahweh did nothing about the situation."Violence" (Heb. hamas) occurs six times in Habakkuk (Habakkuk 1:2-3; Habakkuk 1:9; Habakkuk 2:8; Habakkuk 2:17 [twice]), an unusually large number of times for such a short book. The Hebrew word means more than just physical... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:1-17

The Prophet’s burden. The Answer of Jehovah1. Burden] RM ’oracle’: see on Isaiah 13:1.2, 3. How long?.. Why?] Even a prophet (Habakkuk 1:1) can ask such questions. He never denies the existence of God, but he cannot understand His seeming failure to interpose in human affairs. In the end, however, the despondency merges into a faith which can believe where it cannot see (Habakkuk 2:3; Habakkuk 3:17.).5. Behold ye among the heathen] For this we ought to read, ’Behold, ye treacherous’ (as in the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Habakkuk 1:1-4

(1-4) Habakkuk complains of the apparent triumph of wickedness among his countrymen. read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 1:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 1:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 1:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 1:2-4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 1:2-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 1:3

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:1-17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Habakkuk 1:1-4

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