Habakkuk 2:11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 2:5-14

The prophet having had orders to write the vision, and the people to wait for the accomplishment of it, the vision itself follows; and it is, as divers other prophecies we have met with, the burden of Babylon and Babylon's king, the same that was said to pass over and offend, Hab. 1:11. It reads the doom, some think, of Nebuchadnezzar, who was principally active in the destruction of Jerusalem, or of that monarchy, or of the whole kingdom of the Chaldeans, or of all such proud and oppressive... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 2:11

For the stone shall cry out of the wall ,.... Of their own house; some from among themselves, that truly feared God, seeing the evil practices done among them, and abhorring them, such as their covetousness, ambition, murders, excommunications, and anathemas, should cry out against them in their sermons and writings; such as were lively stones, eminent for religion and godliness, as Bernard, Wickliff, Huss, and others: and the beam out of the timber shall answer it ; such as were of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:11

The stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it - This appears to refer to the ancient mode of building walls; two or three courses of stone. and then one course of timber. See 1 Kings 6:36 ; : thus was the palace of Solomon built. The splendid and costly buildings of Babylon have been universally celebrated. But how were these buildings erected? By the spoils of conquered nations, and the expense of the blood of multitudes; therefore the stones and the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:11

Verse 11 There is here introduced by the Prophet a new personification. He had before prepared a common song, which would be in the mouth of all. He now ascribes speech to stones and wood, of which buildings are formed. The stone, he says, shall cry from the wall, and the wood from the chamber; that is, there is no part of the building that will not cry out that it was built by plunder, by cruelty, and, in a word, by evil deeds. The Prophet not only ascribes speech to wood and stone, but he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:9-11

§ 9. The second woe: for their avarice, violence, and cunning. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:9-11

A parable of woes: 2. Woe to the covetous! I. THEIR AIM . 1 . Personal comfort. Suggested by the term "nest," which for the Chaldean meant Babylon with its palaces, and for the individual signifies his mansion or dwelling place ( Job 29:18 ). Josephus ('Ant.,' 10:11, 1) states that Nebuchadnezzar built for himself a palace "to describe the vast height and immense riches of which would be too much fur him (Josephus) to attempt;" and Nebuchadnezzar himself tells us in his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 2:11

Even inanimate things shall raise their voice to denounce the Chaldeans' wickedness. The stone shall cry out of the wall. A proverbial expression to denote the horror with which their cruelty and oppression were regarded; it is particularly appropriate here, as these crimes had been perpetrated in connection with the buildings in which they prided them. selves, and which were raised by the enforced labour of miserable captives and adorned with the fruits of fraud and pillage. Compare another... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:11

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it - All things have a voice, in that they are . God’s works speak that, for which He made them Psalms 19:1 : “The heavens declare the glory of God.” Psalms 65:13 : “the valleys are clad with corn, they laugh, yea, they sing;” their very look speaks gladness. Cyril: “For the creation itself proclaims the glory of the Maker, in that it is admired as well made. Wherefore there are voices in things, although there... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 2:5-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 2:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:11

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