Habakkuk 1:1
HABAKKUK 1:1. TITLE. On the seeing of an oracle, _cf._ Isaiah 2:1, etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
HABAKKUK 1:1. TITLE. On the seeing of an oracle, _cf._ Isaiah 2:1, etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMPLAINT AGAINST YAHWEH FOR HIS TOLERANCE OF WRONG-DOING. In bitter remonstrance with Yahweh, the prophet asks how long he must cry Violence! and look on wretchedness and trouble, robbery, strife and contention, the failure of justice and the general paralysis of law, while Yahweh remains silent, i... [ Continue Reading ]
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 raising against them the fierce and dreaded power of the Chaldeans, who are already carrying destruct... [ Continue Reading ]
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 justice a people still more faithless and corrupt than its victim? And why should He make the nations l... [ Continue Reading ]