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Habakkuk 1:12

Art Thou not from everlasting, O Lord, my God, mine Holy One? To this certainty the prophet clings; from it he derives consoling confidence. We shall not die, the people of the Lord would not be wholly exterminated. O Lord, Thou hast ordained them, the children of Israel, the Lord's people, for judgment, to carry out His judgment of punishment upon them; and, O mighty God, literally, "Thou Rock,". Thou hast established them for correction, to be chastised and thus brought to the realization of their sins.

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See also Habakkuk 1:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Habakkuk 1:12. _ART THOU NOT FROWN EVERLASTING_] The idols change, and their worshippers change and fail: but thou, Jehovah, art _eternal_; thou canst not change, and they who trust in thee are...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The prophet, having summed up the deeds of the enemy of God in this his end, sets forth his questions anew. He had appealed against the evil of the wicked of his people; he had been told of the vengea...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    REMONSTRANCE OVER THE INHUMANITY OF THE CHALDEANS. The execution of Divine judgment raises fresh questions: Why should the Holy One, whose eyes are too pure to look on evil, appoint as minister of jus...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ART THOU NOT... ? Note the change of subject, as shown in the Structure above. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. WE SHALL NOT DIE. This is one of the eighteen emendations of the _Sopherim_ (see App-33),...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _HABAKKUK REPLIED TO GOD -- HABAKKUK 1:12-14:_ Habakkuk addressed God on behalf of the people. In this appeal to God he contrasted God's power and purity with what God was doing with the destructive w...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ART THOU NOT FROM EVERLASTING, O LORD— _For_ thou, _O Lord, my God, the holy God, the God of truth, thou hast of old ordained him to judgment: thou hast made him a strong enemy, that thou mightest cor...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER XVII THE SECOND QUESTION Habakkuk 1:12-17 RV. Art thou not from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgement; and thou, O Roc...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. ART THOU N...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HABAKKUK'S faith is staggered by the conduct of the Chaldeans. He had welcomed them as ministers of the divine judgment, and 10!they had shown themselves to be cruel and haughty, working out not God's...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WE SHALL NOT DIE — _i.e._, God’s people may suffer, but shall not be obliterated, shall not be “given over unto death.” The rest of the verse runs literally, _Jehovah, for judgment hast Thou appointed...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (12-17) Though sore perplexed, Habakkuk feels sure that the God whom this swaggering conqueror has insulted will at last vindicate Himself....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֲ לֹ֧וא אַתָּ֣ה מִ קֶּ֗דֶם יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהַ֛י

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    [Art] thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall not (k) die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. (k) He a...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Die? We hope that this scourge will not entirely ruin us. --- Correction, like Pharao, Exodus ix. 16._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This is a most blessed prayer, and if I mistake not, it takes into its bosom all the great leading points of redemption. The Prophet by this figure of speech, of seemingly as king, the Lord concerning...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet now exulting, according to what all the faithful feel, shows the effect of what he has just mentioned; for as ungodly men wantonly rise up against God, and, while Satan renders them insane...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    [ART] THOU NOT FROM EVERLASTING, O LORD MY GOD, MINE HOLY ONE?.... The prophet, foreseeing these calamities coming upon his nation and people, observes some things for their comfort in this verse; and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Habakkuk 1:12 [Art] thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correctio...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Art thou not_, &c. Here the prophet, upon being made sensible that the king of Babylon should attribute all his victories to some false or fictitious deity, or to his own abilities, breaks out into a...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MIGHTY: _ Heb._ rock ESTABLISHED: _ Heb._ founded...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-17 However matters may be, yet God is the Lord our God, our Holy One. We are an offending people, he is an offended God, yet we will not entertain hard thoughts of him, or of his service. It is gr...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ART THOU NOT FROM EVERLASTING? in being, thou art that God who art not like the gods of the nations, upstart and novel, but before the mountains were brought forth thou wast God; thou hast permitted,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Habakkuk 1:12 everlasting H6924 LORD H3068 God H430 One H6918 die H4191 (H8799) LORD H3068 appointed H7760 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HABBAKUK IS EVEN MORE PUT OUT. HOW CAN GOD USE SUCH INSTRUMENTS TO CHASTEN HIS PEOPLE? (HABAKKUK 1:12). Habakkuk 1:12 ‘Are you not from everlasting, O YHWH? My God, my Holy One, We will not die. O...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Art Thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One?_ we shall not die. THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF IMMORTALITY We know” that this prophet was inspired, from the profound moral insight and...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:12 Second Cycle. This passage asks an age-old question: Why does evil seem to go unpunished? God’s answer is that all who are wicked will eventually be punished; meanwhile,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 1:11. Then] Elated by victory. CHANGE] Lit. the wind passes by; the storm of violence like the wind sweeps over the land. Some refer it to the Chaldee nation, who change in...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 1:1-2:20 PART I. JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL, IN THE FORM OF A COLLOQUY BETWEEN THE PROPHET AND GOD....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 2:2; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:16; 2 Kings 19:25; Acts 3:14

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Shall not die — Be utterly destroyed. Ordained — Set up, and designed. Them — The Chaldean kingdom. For judgment — To execute this judgment, which is tempered with mercy. For correction — To chastise,...

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