And they shall scoff at the kings, rulers that attempt to stop their victorious onslaught, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them; they shall deride every stronghold; for they shall heap dust, any kind of little earth-mound, and take it. The enemy would simply mock at every show of resistance to their advance as a ridiculous and futile effort.
Verse Habakkuk 1:10. _THEY SHALL SCOFF AT THE KINGS_] No power shall be able to stand before them. It will be only as _pastime_ to them to take the strongest places. They will have no need to build fo...
AND THEY - literally, “he,” the word stands emphatically, he, alone against all the kings of the earth SHALL SCOFF AT THE KINGS - and all their might taking them away or setting them up at his pleasu...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1 The Judgment of Judah Through the Chaldeans Announced _ 1. The prophet's cry to Jehovah (Habakkuk 1:1) _ 2. The answer (Habakkuk 1:5) 3. The prophet's plea (H
THE CHALDEANS AS MINISTERS OF DIVINE JUSTICE. In His answer Yahweh directly addresses the evil-doers, warning them that He is about to work a work in their days they would never have believed: He is r...
THEM. it, as above (Habakkuk 1:6). heap DUST. heap up mounds. TAKE IT. capture it: i.e. every stronghold....
_GOD ANSWERED HABAKKUK'S COMPLAINT -- HABAKKUK 1:5-11:_ God assured Habakkuk that He was busy doing something about the situation that was so much bothering him. He told the prophet that he would be a...
AND THEY SHALL SCOFF, &C.— _And he shall scoff at kings, and princes will be a jest with him; he will but laugh at every strong hold; for he will heap up the dust,_ (or _raise a mound_) _and take it._...
JEHOVAH'S ANSWER. Habakkuk 1:5-11 RV. Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you. For, lo, I...
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. AND THEY SHALL SCOFF AT THE KINGS - as un...
THE PROPHET'S BURDEN. THE ANSWER OF JEHOVAH 1. 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...
THEY SHALL HEAP DUST] i.e. they shall throw up an enlargement of earth, to take the fortress. 11. The correct translation should probably be: Then he sweeps by as a wind, and passes on and makes his...
THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA Habakkuk _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA Assyria was a country to the north and east of Israel. For many years, it ruled most of the world. Nahum, Habakkuk...
(5-11) Jehovah’s answer to Habakkuk’s complaint. These disorders are to be punished by an invasion of Chaldæaus. The appearance, character, and operations of these invaders are described....
Kings and princes are deposed or enthroned at the invader’s pleasure. Thus Nebuchadnezzar set Jehoiakim as a tributary sovereign on the throne of Jerusalem and three years later deposed his son and su...
וְ הוּא֙ בַּ † מְּלָכִ֣ים יִתְקַלָּ֔ס וְ...
Habakkuk 1:1 Habakkuk 1:2; Habakkuk 2:1 (or 8) Yet it is the first piece which raises the most difficult questions. All admit that it is to be dated somewhere along the line of Jeremiah's long career...
THE APPARENT PROSPERITY OF THE WICKED Habakkuk 1:1-17 Habakkuk probably lived toward the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, when the Chaldeans were preparing to invade the land. Jerusalem was fille...
In this first division of the Book we have the prophet's statement of the problems which vexed his soul. The first was the apparent indifference of Jehovah both to his prayer and to the condition of p...
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn to them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap (h) dust, and take it. (h) They will cast up mounds against it....
_Prince, or "it," the nation, ver. 10. Hebrew, "They," &c. --- Laughingstock, ( ridicule.) Nabuchodonosor raised or deposed princes as in jest. (Haydock) --- Sennacherib's officers were or had been ki...
After the observation I ventured to make on the preceding verse, it will be expected from me, that I should say in what sense I consider what is here said of the Chaldeans coming up upon the land. To...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. There is no prophetic delivery among the twelve lesser books more peculiar and characteristic than that of Habakkuk. It has no longer the occupation with the...
The Prophet concludes the subject which he has been hitherto pursuing. He says that the Chaldeans would not come to engage in a doubtful war, but only to triumph over conquered nations. We indeed know...
First of all, the prophet complains that the evil which exists among the people is insupportable. This is the natural effect of the working of the Spirit of God in a heart jealous for His glory and de...
AND THEY SHALL SCOFF AT THE KINGS,.... Or, "he shall" u, 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...
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. Ver. 10. _And they shall scoff at the kings_...
_And they shall scoff at the kings_, &c. The Hebrew use the singular number here, (_He shall scoff_, &c.,) as well as in the following verse, and it is to be understood of the king of Babylon, who tre...
1-11 The servants of the Lord are deeply afflicted by seeing ungodliness and violence prevail; especially among those who profess the truth. No man scrupled doing wrong to his neighbour. We should lo...
THEY, both the king of Babylon and his soldiers, shall scoff, deride and contemn, AT THE KINGS, which either confederated with the Jews, or else opposed the designs of the Chaldeans; as the kings of E...
Habakkuk 1:10 scoff H7046 (H8691) kings H4428 princes H7336 (H8802) scorned H4890 deride H7832 (H8799) stronghold
GOD'S REPLY. HE IS BRINGING THE BABYLONIANS AS HIS CHASTENERS (HABAKKUK 1:5). Habakkuk 1:5 ‘Behold among the nations and regard, and wonder marvellously (‘wonder with wonder'). For I work a work in y...
CONTENTS: Habakkuk's prayer concerning evil in dispersed Israel. God's voice to Israel and Habakkuk's testimony to God. CHARACTERS: God, Habakkuk. CONCLUSION: We must not think it strange if God som...
Zechariah 1:1. _The burden,_ the prophecy, _which Habakkuk the prophet saw._ Here he opens his commission, as divinely inspired with vision, and invested with a charge which he must deliver. God laid...
_I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you._ THE DOOM OF A NATION OF CONVENTIONAL RELIGIONISTS The Jews were such a nation. They prided themselves in the orth...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:2 First Cycle. Habakkuk is disappointed that God does not seem to be answering his prayers. God’s response shows that, although Habakkuk doesn’t realize it, his prayers are...
HABAKKUK 1:5 God’s Response. God has already begun to answer Habakkuk’s request: the Babylonians are coming to punish the Israelites. ⇐...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:10 SCOFF... LAUGH. The powerful Babylonians had little regard for weaker rulers. PILE UP EARTH describes siege warfare (see...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 1:5]. God’s answer to the complaint. BEHOLD] prophet and people. God is about to act, and they will be terrified at its results (cf. Acts 13:41). HABAKKUK 1:6. RAISE] To ma...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1:1-2:20 PART I. JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL, IN THE FORM OF A COLLOQUY BETWEEN THE PROPHET AND GOD....
Shall we turn at this time to the book of Habakkuk. Very little is known concerning the personal background of Habakkuk. Very little, nothing is known. We don't know really anything about his backgrou...
2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Chronicles 36:6; 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Kings 25:6;...
At the kings — Which opposed their designs. And take it — By mighty mounts cast up....