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Verse 6. _SHALL NOT ALL THESE TAKE UP A PARABLE AGAINST HIM_] His
ambition, derangement, and the final destruction of his mighty empire
by the Persians, shall form the foundation of many _sententious...
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SHALL NOT ALL THESE TAKE UP A PARABLE AGAINST HIM, AND A TAUNTING
PROVERB AGAINST HIM? - Nebuchadnezzar gathered, Daniel 3:4, “all
people, nations, and languages, to worship the golden image which he...
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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...
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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...
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PARABLE. Hebrew. _mashal._
PROVERB. enigma. Hebrew. _hidah,_ as in Psalms 78:2.
WOE. Note the five woes in verses: Habakkuk 2:6; Habakkuk 2:9;...
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_WOE TO THOSE THAT ARE GREEDY AND COVETOUS -- HABAKKUK 2:1-11:_ After
Habakkuk spoke his second message he said he would stand guard on the
watchtower and wait for the Lord's answer. He would stand bo...
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YEA, ALSO, &C.— _A transgressor by wine,_ is quite foreign to the
subject; nor do the Syriac, LXX, or Arabic mention any thing of it.
Houbigant renders the verse, very agreeably to the context, thus,...
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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...
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Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting
proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is
not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick c...
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2:6 pledges! (e-39) There is a play on the word, which may also mean
'thick clay.' So in ver. 7 'bite' may mean 'exact usury of.' cf.
Jeremiah 8:17 ; Ezekiel 22:12 ....
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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...
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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...
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HOW LONG? — _i.e.,_ how long shall this continual annexation be
witnessed?
THAT LADETH HIMSELF WITH THICK CLAY. — Better, _That accumulates to
himself usury._ So the Targum. The rendering “thick clay...
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(6-8) Woe on the reckless rapacity which has spared neither life nor
property....
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(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...
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הֲ לֹוא ־אֵ֣לֶּה כֻלָּ֗ם עָלָיו֙
מָשָׁ֣ל יִשׂ
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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...
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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
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“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...
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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...
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Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting
proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which
is] not his! (f) how long? and to him that ladeth himself with th...
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Parable. Literally, "marvel," or wonderful speech; parabolam. ---
Dark. Protestants, "a taunting proverb;" (Haydock) when Nabuchodonosor
became like a beast, and his empire was soon after divided. (Ca...
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What vision is this? The whole prophecy of Isaiah is called a vision.
Isaiah 1:1. And that we know to have been concerning the Lord Jesus
and his gospel. And is not this the same? Was not Jesus sent f...
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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...
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Now at length the Prophet denounces punishment on the Babylonian king
and the Chaldeans; for the Lord would render them a sport to all. But
some think that a punishment is also expressed in the preced...
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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...
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SHALL NOT ALL THESE TAKE UP A PARABLE AGAINST HIM,.... A proverbial
expression, a short sentence, a laconic speech, delivered in a few
words, which contains much in them concerning the vices of these...
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Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting
proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which
is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick...
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_Shall not these take up a parable against_ (or, _concerning_) _him,
and a taunting proverb_ A _parable_, or _proverb_, signifies a
metaphorical or figurative saying, out of the common way. _And say,...
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WOE TO HIM:
Or, Ho, he...
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5-14 The prophet reads the doom of all proud and oppressive powers
that bear hard upon God's people. The lusts of the flesh, the lust of
the eye, and the pride of life, are the entangling snares of m...
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SHALL NOT? the prediction is moulded thus in a question, to give it
emphasis, and make it more affective. ALL THESE, who have been
oppressed, contumeliously used, and perfidiously deceived; all the
pe...
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Habakkuk 2:6 up H5375 (H8799) proverb H4912 taunting H4426 riddle
H2420 say H559 (H8799) Woe H1945 increases...
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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...
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THE FIRST WOE (HABAKKUK 2:6).
Habakkuk 2:6
‘Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting
proverb against him, saying,
‘Woe to him who increases what is not his. How long?
And...
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Habakkuk 2:1. _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._
«I shall look to God, and I shall al...
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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...
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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...
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_Him that ladeth himself with thick clay._
HEAVY CLAY
It is the glory of the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ when it is
regarded in its moral aspect, that it is not the religion merely of
transcen...
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HABAKKUK 2:2 God’s Response. The Lord assures Habakkuk that he will
punish all the wicked, at the right time.
⇐ ⇔...
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HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:6 This taunt against the Babylonians
consists of five “woe oracles” (vv. Habakkuk 2:6, Habakku
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 2:6. These] “nations” and “people” (Habakkuk 2:4).
PARABLE] A derisive song (Isaiah 14:4; Micah 2:4), some; ode, given by
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 7:29; 1 Peter 4:7; Ezekiel 32:21; Habakkuk 1:10;...