Habakkuk 1:5-10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 1:5-11

We have here an answer to the prophet's complaint, giving him assurance that, though God bore long, he would not bear always with this provoking people; for the day of vengeance was in his heart, and he must tell them so, that they might by repentance and reformation turn away the judgment they were threatened with. I. The preamble to the sentence is very awful (Hab. 1:5): Behold, you among the heathen, and regard. Since they will not be brought to repentance by the long-suffering of God, he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:5

Behold ye among the heathen, and regard ,.... This is the Lord's answer to the prophet's complaint, or what he directs him to say to the Jews, guilty of the crimes complained of, which should not go long unpunished; and who are called upon to look around them, and see what was doing among the nations; how the king of Babylon had overturned the Assyrian empire, and was going from place to place, subduing one nation after another, and their turn would be quickly: for these words are not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:6

For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans ,.... A people still of late mean and low, famous only for their soothsaying, divination, and judicial astrology; but now become a powerful and warlike people, rising up under the permission of Providence to universal monarchy, and who would quickly add Judea to the rest of their dominions: that bitter and hasty nation ; a cruel and merciless people in their temper and disposition: "bitter" against the people of God and true religion, and causing... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:7

They are terrible and dreadful ,.... For the fierceness of their countenances; the number and valour of their troops; the splendour of their armour; the victories they had obtained, and the cruelty they had exercised; the fame of all which spread terror wherever they came: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves ; they will not be directed and governed by any laws of God and man, but by their own; they will do according to their will and pleasure, and none will be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards ,.... Creatures remarkable for their swiftness: these are creatures born of the mating of a he panther and a lioness, and not of a lion and a she panther, as some have affirmed; and which adultery is highly resented by the lion; nor will he suffer it to go unrevenged, as Pliny F21 Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 16. and Philostratus F23 De Vita Apollonii, l. 2. c. 7. observe: those thus begotten differ from common lions in this, that they have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:9

They shall come all for violence ,.... Or, "the whole of it" F19 כלה "illa teta", Junius & Tremellius; "sub. gens", Pagninus, Piscator; "totus exercitus", Vatablus; "populus", Calvin. ; the whole army of the Chaldeans, everyone of them; this would be their sole view, not to do themselves justice, as might be pretended, or avenge any injuries or affronts done to them by the Jews; but purely for the sake of spoil and plunder: their faces shall sup up as the east wind : their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:10

And they shall scoff at the kings ,.... Or, "he shall" F21 והוא "et ipse", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Tarnovius, Grotius, Cocceius. , Nebuchadnezzar king of the Chaldeans, and the army with him; who would make a jest of kings and their armies that should oppose them, as being not at all a match for them; as the kings of Judah, Jehoiakim and Zedekiah, they carried captive, and all others confederate with them, in whom they trusted, as the king of Egypt particularly;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:5

Behold ye among the heathen - Instead of בגוים baggoyim , among the nations or heathen, some critics think we should read בגדים bogedim , transgressors; and to the same purpose the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic have read; and thus it is quoted by St. Paul Acts 13:41 . But neither this, nor any tantamount reading, is found in any of the MSS. yet collated. Newcome translates, "See, ye transgressors, and behold a wonder, and perish." I will work a work in your days - As he is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:6

That bitter and hasty nation - Cruel and oppressive in their disposition; and prompt and speedy in their assaults and conquests. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:7

Their judgment - shall proceed of themselves - By revolting from the Assyrians, they have become a great nation. Thus, their judgment and excellence were the result of their own valor. Other meanings are given to this passage. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 1:5-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:7

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