For the violence of Lebanon, the outrage committed in ruining its cedar forests, shall cover thee and the spoil of beasts, the dispersion of the animals of Lebanon, which made them afraid because of men's blood, shed by the conquerors, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. Cf v. 8.
Verse Habakkuk 2:17. _FOR THE VIOLENCE OF LEBANON_] Or, the violence done to _Lebanon_; to _men_, to _cattle_, to _Judea_, and to _Jerusalem_. See the note on the parallel place, Habakkuk 2:8. This ma...
FOR THE VIOLENCE OF LEBANON - i. e., done to Lebanon, whether the land of Israel of which it was the entrance and the beauty (See Isaiah 37:24, and, as a symbol, Jeremiah 22:6, Jeremiah 22:23;...
CHAPTER 2 The Ungodliness of the Chaldeans and Their Destruction _ 1. The waiting prophet and the message he received (Habakkuk 2:1) _ 2. The five-fold woe upon the Chaldeans (Habakkuk 2:5) Habakku...
WOES ON THE EVIL-DOER. Habakkuk 2:5 f. Woe on the insatiable conqueror, who treacherously gathers to himself the heritage of all the nations, only to be the victim of their bitterest maledictions. Ha...
VIOLENCE OF LEBANON: i.e. violence [done to] Lebanon by felling its trees. WHICH MADE THEM AFRAID: or, shall make thee afraid....
_WOE TO THOSE THAT SEEK PLEASURE AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS HABAKKUK 2:15-17:_ God told the Chaldeans, "You are doomed! You get your friends drunk, just to see them naked. Now you will be disgraced inst...
FOR THE VIOLENCE OF LEBANON— _For upon thee shall be returned the violences done in Lebanon, and the spoil of cattle, and whatever shall remain of human blood, and of the spoils of the land,_ &c. Houb...
JEHOVAH'S ANSWER. Habakkuk 2:1-20 RV. I will stand upon my watch and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint. And...
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein....
2:17 afraid; (m-18) Or 'shall affright thee.' land, (a-30) Or 'earth.'...
FAITH TRIUMPHANT 1-4. The view from the watchtower. 1. The prophet climbs his tower, for he must reach a vantage point, if he is to contemplate with real understanding and insight the confusion about...
THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA Habakkuk _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 2 V1 I will stand and I will watch. I will stay on the walls (of the city). I will look to see what (God) will say to me. And I will see...
(6-20) The destruction of the Chaldæans has hitherto been only implied. It is now plainly foretold in a denunciatory song, put into the mouths of the invader’s victims. In this song there are five str...
(15-17) Woe on the cruel invader who has made the world drink of the cup of wrath....
FOR THE VIOLENCE OF LEBANON.... — Better, _For the violence done to Lebanon shall overwhelm thee, and the destruction of the beasts which it frightened away._ The rest of the verse is a refrain taken...
כִּ֣י חֲמַ֤ס לְבָנֹון֙ יְכַסֶּ֔ךָּ וְ שֹׁ֥ד ב
Habakkuk 2:1 Habakkuk 2:5 The dramatic piece Habakkuk 1:2; Habakkuk 2:1 is succeeded by a series of fine taunt-songs, starting after an in
“THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH” Habakkuk 2:1-20 Having prayed, the prophet expected an answer and looked out for it. When it came, there would be no mistaking it. But until we see eye to eye, we must...
The proclamations fall into two parts. The first is concerned with the "puffed up," the second concerns the righteous. The "puffed up" are described as haughty, ambitious, conquering, against whom th...
For the (o) violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, [which] made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell in it....
Libanus. That is, the iniquity committed by the Chaldeans against the temple of God, signified here by the name of Libanus. (Challoner) --- Egypt had persuaded the governor of C\'9closyria and the Je...
I should conceive, that in allusion to gospel salvation, which the enemies of the cross will endeavour to counteract, the expressions here mean the awful character of those who aim to intoxicate the m...
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...
We may hence easily learn, that the Prophet has not been speaking of drunkenness, but that his discourse, as we have explained, was metaphorical; for here follows a reason, why he had denounced such a...
There the prophet stops, that God in His time may explain this; watches, like a sentinel, to receive the answer of God to the anxiety of his soul. God, in order to comfort His prophet and all His fait...
FOR THE VIOLENCE OF LEBANON SHALL COVER THEE,.... Lebanon was a mountain on the borders of the land of Israel, from whence cedar wood was brought, of which the temple was built, and for that reason is...
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, [which] made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein....
_For the violence of Lebanon_ [that is, _the violence done to Lebanon_] _shall cover thee_ That is, says Grotius, thou shalt suffer the punishment of having destroyed the temple, which is here called...
15-20 A severe woe is pronounced against drunkenness; it is very fearful against all who are guilty of drunkenness at any time, and in any place, from the stately palace to the paltry ale-house. To g...
THE VIOLENCE OF LEBANON SHALL COVER THEE: this is added to all the rest, that God's people might know this was the time of recompences for Zion, that the violence by Babylon done to Judea and its inha...
Habakkuk 2:17 violence H2555 Lebanon H3844 cover H3680 (H8762) plunder H7701 beasts H929 afraid H2865 (H8686) mens
THE FIVE WOES OF GOD (HABAKKUK 2:6). God now outlines to Habakkuk how He is going to finally punish Babylon for what it is, and the wonderful blessing to the whole world which will come from His acti...
THE FOURTH WOE (HABAKKUK 2:15). . Habakkuk 2:15 ‘Woe to him who gives his neighbour drink, Adding your wrath to him, And makes him drunk as well, In order that you may look on their nakedness.' T...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's response to Habakkuk's testimony. Vision of coming woes. CHARACTERS: God, Habakkuk. CONCLUSION: The lusts of the flash, the lusts of the eye and the pride of life are the entangl...
Zechariah 2:1. _I will stand upon my watch._ The ancient nations often had no great confidence in what is now called, The faith of treaties. The Israelites kept a watchman on the tower of Jezreel; oth...
HABAKKUK 2:2 God’s Response. The Lord assures Habakkuk that he will punish all the wicked, at the right time. ⇐ ⇔...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:6 This taunt against the Babylonians consists of five “woe oracles” (vv. Habakkuk 2:6, Habakku
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:17 VIOLENCE DONE TO LEBANON. Babylon used the famed cedars of Lebanon for its massive building projects (see Isaiah 14:8)....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 2:15. Woe] the fourth. BOTTLE] Skin in common use. LOOK] with delight (Genesis 9:22). NAKED] The prostrate condition of the drunken man a figure of the overthrow of a conque...
EXPOSITION HABAKKUK 2:1 § 5. _The prophet, waiting for an answer to his expostulation, is bidden to write the oracle in plain characters, because its fulfilment is certain._ HABAKKUK 2:1 Habakkuk s...
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...
Habakkuk 2:8; Jeremiah 50:28; Jeremiah 50:33; Jeremiah 50:34;...
The violence — The violence thou hast done to Judea shall overwhelm thee. The spoil of brass — Such spoil as by hunters is made among wild beasts, when they endeavour to destroy the whole kind....