Habakkuk 2:20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 2:15-20

The three foregoing articles, upon which the woes here are grounded, are very near akin to each other. The criminals charged by them are oppressors and extortioners, that raise estates by rapine and injustice; and it is mentioned here again (Hab. 2:17), the very same that was said Hab. 2:8; for that is the crime upon which the greatest stress is laid; it is because of men's blood, innocent blood, barbarously and unjustly shed, which is a provoking crying thing; it is for the violence of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 2:20

But the Lord is in his holy temple ,.... Not in graven and molten images; not in idols of wood and stone, covered with gold and silver; but in heaven, the habitation of his holiness, the place of his residence, where he is seen and worshipped by the holy angels and glorified saints; and from whence he surveys all the children of men, and their actions; observes the folly and stupidity of idol worshippers; and hears and answers the prayers of his own people: or this intends his church,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:20

The Lord is in his holy temple - Jehovah has his temple, the place where he is to be worshipped; but there there is no image. Oracles, however, are given forth; and every word of them is truth, and is fulfilled in its season. And this temple and its worship are holy; no abomination can be practiced there, and every thing in it leads to holiness of heart and life. Let all the earth keep silence before him - Let all be dumb. Let none of them dare to open their mouths in the presence of... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 20 After having taught us that the Babylonians were deceived in expecting any help from their idols, and were deluded by Satan, Habakkuk now recalls the attention of the faithful to the only true God; for it would not have been enough to take away from the Babylonians the false confidence which they had in their idols, except the Israelites, on the other hand, trusting in the grace of the true God, were fully persuaded that God was on their side, as he had taken them under his protection.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:18-20

12. The fifth woe : for their idolatry. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:18-20

Worship, false and true. The prophet, in recounting the sins of the Chaldeans, finally recalled to mind the idolatry prevailing amongst them. He thought of the temple of Bel, "casting its shadow far and wide over city and plain," and of the idolatrous worship of which it was the centre, and he broke forth in words expressive of the utmost scorn and contempt, and then closed his song by pointing to him who alone is worthy to receive the devout adoration and adoring praise of all the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:20

The prophet contrasts the majesty of Jehovah with these dumb and lifeless idols. His holy temple. Not the shrine at Jerusalem, but heaven itself (see Psalms 11:4 , and note on Micah 1:2 ). Let all the earth keep silence before him. Like subjects in the presence of their king, awaiting his judgment and the issue to which all these things tend (comp. Habakkuk 2:14 ; Psalms 76:8 , etc.; Zephaniah 1:7 ; Zechariah 2:13 ). Septuagint, εὀλαβείσθω ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ , κ . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:20

The temple of Jehovah. I. THE HOLY TEMPLE . 1 . Its material dimensions. The universe. "Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord" ( Jeremiah 23:24 ). "The Lord of heaven and earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands," but in that which his own hands have fashioned ( Acts 17:24 ). He "filleth all in all" (Ephesians L 23). 2 . Its inner shrine. Heaven, the habitation of his holiness ( Deuteronomy 26:15 ; Isaiah 63:15 ), his dwelling place ( 1 Kings 8:43... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:20

Silence in the temple, "The Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him." "In striking contrast," says Dr. Henderson, "with the utter nihility of idols, Jehovah is here introduced, at the close of all the prophecy, as the invisible Lord of all, occupying his celestial temple, whence he is ever ready to interpose his omnipotence for the deliverance and protection of his people and the destruction of their enemies (comp. Isaiah 26:21 ). Such a God it becomes all... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:20

And now having declared the nothingness of all which is not God, the power of man or his gods, he answers again his own question, by summoning all before the presence of the majesty of God.But the Lord - He had, in condemning them, pictured the tumult of the world, the oppressions, the violence, bloodsheddings, covetousness, insolence, self-aggrandizement of the then world-empire, and had denounced woe upon it; we see man framing his idols, praying to the lifeless stones; and God, of whom none... read more

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