Habakkuk 2:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:1-3

Man's moral mission to the world. "I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." The prophet, after his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 2:2

Jehovah answers the prophet's expostulation ( Habakkuk 1:12 , etc.). Write . That it may remain permanently on record, and that, when it comes to pass, people may believe in the prophet's inspiration ( John 13:19 ; comp. Isaiah 8:1 ; Isaiah 30:8 ; Jeremiah 30:2 ; Revelation 1:11 ). The vision (see Habakkuk 1:1 : Obadiah 1:1 ). The word includes the inward revelation as well as the open vision. Upon tables; upon the tables ( Deuteronomy 27:8 ); i.e. certain tablets... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:1

I will stand - , i. e. I would stand now, as a servant awaiting his master,Upon my watch - or, keep (Isaiah 21:8. משׁמר in the same sense Jeremiah 51:12), and “set me (plant myself firmly) upon the tower” (literally, fenced place, but also one straitened and narrowly hemmed in), “and will watch” (it is a title of the prophets , as spying by God’s enabling, things beyond human ken); I will spy out, to see a long way off, to see with the inward eye, what He will say unto me (literally, Jerome: in... read more

Albert Barnes

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

The answer is, that it is indeed for a long time yet. Write the vision, that it may remain for those who come after and not be forgotten, and make it plain upon the tables, whereon he was accustomed to write ; and that, in large lasting characters, that he may run that readeth it, that it may be plain to any, however occupied or in haste. So Isaiah too was commanded to write the four words, “haste-prey-speed-spoil.” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 2:1

Habakkuk 2:1. I will stand upon my watch The Hebrews often express one thing by a multiplicity of words, as here several expressions are used to signify the same thing, namely, watching. As the prophets were considered as watchmen, and as the watchmen were placed on high towers, and it was their duty to look around very diligently to see what messengers or enemies, or what dangers or deliverances were approaching, and to continue steadfast in their posts; so here the prophet declares that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 2:2-3

Habakkuk 2:2-3 . The Lord said, Write the vision Write down what I am going to say. Every divine communication, by whatever means made, is often spoken of in the prophetic writings under the title of a vision. When the prophets were commanded to write any thing, it denoted the great importance of it, and that the fulfilling of it was at some distance. Make it plain upon tables Write it in legible characters; that he may run that readeth That it may be read with ease. For the vision... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 2:1-5

Second complaint and answer (1:12-2:5)Habakkuk replies to God by asking a further question. If Judah is God’s people for ever, and if God is holy, how can he use Babylon to punish Judah when the Babylonians are more wicked than the Judeans (12-13)? It seems to Habakkuk that God has the same standards as the Babylonians. They treat the people of nations as if they were no better than fish in the sea - there to be caught for the fisherman’s enjoyment (14-15). The Babylonians’ power is their god.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:1

watch = watch-tower; referring to the place. set me = take my station. tower = fortress. watch = look out; referring to the act = keep outlook. unto: or, in. answer when I am reproved: or, get back because of my complaint. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:2

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . Write, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 27:8 ). App-47 and App-92 . the vision. Supply the logical Ellipsis : "[which I am about to reveal to thee]". Compare Habakkuk 1:1 . upon tables: i.e. boxwood tables smeared with wax. Compare Luke 1:63 . that he may run that readeth it = that he that readeth it may flee. Hebrew. ruz = to run as a messenger (Job 9:25 .Jeremiah 23:21 ; Jeremiah 51:31 .Zechariah 2:4; Zechariah 2:4 ); or, to flee for... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:1

This chapter records God's answer to the second of Habakkuk's two questions raised in Habakkuk 1. The first regarded "how long" the well-deserved punishment of the wicked would be delayed. God's answer to the effect that Babylon, the great and wicked world-power soon to arise, would indeed punish wicked Israel for their sins did not fully satisfy Habakkuk. How could the holy and righteous God use a wicked state like Babylon to punish Judea, which with all of their sins were yet better than the... read more

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