But the Lord, the contrast being sharply emphasized, is in His holy temple, the Ruler in His mighty kingdom; let all the earth keep silence before Him, awaiting His judgment in silent and humble submission. If the whole earth is obliged to acknowledge His majesty and authority, then the glory and power of the Chaldean state cannot maintain itself in His sight.
Verse 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; an...
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 LO...
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...
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. KEEP SILENCE. Hush! Be still! So Zephaniah 1:7; Zechariah 2:13....
_WOE TO THOSE THAT WORSHIP IDOLS -- HABAKKUK 2:18-20:_ The Chaldeans were a pagan nation. They were deeply involved in idol worship. God again warned about the foolishness of idolatry. He said an idol...
DISCOURSE: 1224 GOD GREATLY TO BE FEARED Habakkuk 2:20. _The Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him_. TO any one who beholds the works of creation, one would suppose th...
BUT THE LORD, &C.— "The God of Israel is not like these imaginary deities: he gives law to all the earth; and all creatures ought to continue in silence with the most profound adoration and respect be...
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...
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. BUT THE LORD - Yahweh; in striking contrast with the idols. IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE - "His place" (, "Behold, the Lord...
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...
(18-20) _Woe_ on him who neglects Jehovah to worship dumb idols of his own making....
BUT THE LORD. — And while all this false worship prevails, the true World-ruler abides, and His presence is in His temple at Jerusalem. To Him the prophet’s eyes are now turned. He ceases his denuncia...
וַֽ יהוָ֖ה בְּ הֵיכַ֣ל קָדְשֹׁ֑ו הַ֥ס מִ
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...
_Temple. Hebrew, "palace," or heaven. House is generally put for the temple. --- Silence, out of respect, &c. The guards of the eastern princes observe the utmost silence and modesty. God is very diff...
There is somewhat very striking in this scripture. Silent adoration is a solemn service. The Lord himself gave direction concerning those humblings, and silent waitings of soul. Isaiah 41:1. And it mu...
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...
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; fo...
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...
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...
But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. Ver. 20. _But the Lord is in his holy temple_] It is not enough to condemn superstitions; but we must know and serve t...
_But the Lord is in his holy temple_ But Jehovah, the true God, is not like one of these, but lives for ever in his holy temple, the heavens, from whence he beholds and governs all things, and is the...
LET ALL THE EARTH KEEP SILENCE BEFORE HIM: _ Heb._ be silent all the earth before him...
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...
BUT THE LORD: what idols are. he had already showed, a doctrine of lies, impotent and lifeless statues; but the God of Israel is not like them. He is Jehovah, fountain of being, life, power, and salva...
Habakkuk 2:20 LORD H3068 holy H6944 temple H1964 earth H776 silence H2013 (H8761) before H6440 the Lord -...
THE FIFTH WOE (HABAKKUK 2:18). Habakkuk 2:18 ‘What does it profit the graven image that his maker has graven it, The molten image, even the teacher of lies, That the maker of his work trusts in it...
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...
Zechariah 2:20 The mystery of the Holy Trinity. I. The Holy Trinity is the foundation-stone of our faith. All religious truth is little more than the expansion of the Trinity. The Trinity, as a fact,...
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...
_But the Lord is in His holy temple._ THE LORD IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE What comparison can be formed between an idol which is nothing, and the great God who made heaven and earth? What stronger proof can...
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 2:20 BUT THE LORD. There is a great contrast between silent, lifeless idols and the awesome living God. He alone deserves the honor too often given to worthless idols....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 2:18.] Exposure of the folly of Babylon’s idolatry. WHAT] use? none whatever. LIES] Lying oracles connected with idol worship. DUMB] Nonentity (1 Corinthians 12:1)....
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...
Ephesians 2:21; Ephesians 2:22; Isaiah 6:1; Isaiah 66:1; Isaiah 66:6;...
The Lord — He is Jehovah, the fountain of being, life, power, and salvation to his people. Keep silence — Fear, submit, and depend on him; let his enemies be silent, reverence, hope, pray and wait for...