CRITICAL NOTES.] WATCH] As those ascending high places to look into the distance (2 Kings 9:17; 2 Samuel 18:24). SET] Plant myself firmly. TO SEE] what God will say. UNTO] Lit. _in_ me; outwardly to the ear, inwardly to the heart; fixed in purpose and earnest in mind he waits for God’s revelation. R... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 2:4.] Judgment announced. LIFTED] Puffed up, then haughty or presumptuous. UPRIGHT] Not straight, not without turning or trickery. The heart of the enemy was proud and displeasing to God. BUT] Marking the contrast between the Jew and the Chaldean, the believer and the unb... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 2:5.] The thought further developed by a proverbial saying with special reference to the Chaldeans. They were given to wine and insatiable conquest. “Wine is treacherous; the haughty man stayeth not at home” [_Hend_.] (cf. Proverbs 30:1). PROND] Elated, haughty (Proverbs 2... [ Continue Reading ]
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 others, enigmatical in character. WOES] fivefold given, a song raised by the oppressed over the fall of the oppressor. _First woe_, ill-gotten gains. I... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 2:9. Woe] the second, against establishing a permanent settlement by godless gain. EVIL] Covetousness surpassingly evil and fatal to itself. HOUSE] Not the palace but the dynasty (Habakkuk 2:10). HIGH] As eagles build nests on high to protect from harm (cf. Job 39:27); “s... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 2:12. Woe] the third. TOWN] Babylon, rebuilt and enlarged by spoils of blood (Daniel 4:30). HABAKKUK 2:13. FIRE] Lit. to suffice the fire; conflagration and depopulation the result of all labour and fatigue. HABAKKUK 2:14. FOR] God has determined this result; usurped gl... [ Continue Reading ]
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 conquered nation (Nahum 3:11), and the uncovering of the shame denotes the ignominy that has fallen upon... [ Continue Reading ]
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). HABAKKUK 2:19. AWAKE] to help. TEACH] Ironical, _it teach_! BREATH] Not at all breath, the spirit of life... [ Continue Reading ]