Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Habakkuk 1:16
They sacrifice — Ascribe the praise of their victories. Their net — To their own contrivances, diligence, and power.
They sacrifice — Ascribe the praise of their victories. Their net — To their own contrivances, diligence, and power.
Verse Habakkuk 1:16. _THEY SACRIFICE UNTO THEIR NET_] He had no God; he cared for none; and worshipped only his _armour_ and _himself_. King _Mezentius_, one of the worst characters in the _AEneid of...
THEREFORE THEY SACRIFICE UNTO THEIR NET, AND BURN INCENSE UNTO THEIR DRAG - literally he sacrifices unto his, etc. Whatever a man trusts in is his god. If a man relies to compass his end by his streng...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1 The Judgment of Judah Through the Chaldeans Announced _ 1. The prophet's cry to Jehovah (Habakkuk 1:1) _ 2. The answer (Habakkuk 1:5) 3. The prophet's plea (H
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 jus...
FAT. fertile, or rich. PLENTEOUS. fat....
_HABAKKUK SAW A TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION -- HABAKKUK 1:15-17:_ Habakkuk saw the Chaldeans dealing with the Jews like fish being caught in a net and consumed. The enemy would come and destroy and take them...
THEREFORE, &C.— _Therefore will he sacrifice to his net, and burn incense to his drag; because by them is his portion fat, and his meat delicious._ The meaning is, that he attributes all his good succ...
CHAPTER XVII THE SECOND QUESTION Habakkuk 1:12-17 RV. Art thou not from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgement; and thou, O Roc...
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. THEREFORE THEY SACRIFICE UNTO THEIR NET - i:e., their arms...
1:16 dainty. (a-24) Or 'plenteous.'...
HE SACRIFICES TO HIS NET] i.e. to his weapons of destruction, as to a god: for was not might his god? cp. Habakkuk 1:11. 17. This v. should probably read, 'Will he draw the sword for ever, slaying na...
THE PROPHET'S BURDEN. THE ANSWER OF JEHOVAH 1. Burden] RM 'oracle': see on Isaiah 13:1. 2, 3. HOW LONG?.. WHY?] Even a prophet (Habakkuk 1:1) can ask such questions. He never denies the existence of...
THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA Habakkuk _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA Assyria was a country to the north and east of Israel. For many years, it ruled most of the world. Nahum, Habakkuk...
(12-17) Though sore perplexed, Habakkuk feels sure that the God whom this swaggering conqueror has insulted will at last vindicate Himself....
The prophet has already stated that the Chaldæan deifies his own military prowess. Of this statement the present verse is an expansion. Weapons of war may have been literally worshipped by the Babylon...
עַל ־כֵּן֙ יְזַבֵּ֣חַ לְ חֶרְמֹ֔ו וִֽ יקַטֵּ֖
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...
THE APPARENT PROSPERITY OF THE WICKED Habakkuk 1:1-17 Habakkuk probably lived toward the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, when the Chaldeans were preparing to invade the land. Jerusalem was fille...
In this first division of the Book we have the prophet's statement of the problems which vexed his soul. The first was the apparent indifference of Jehovah both to his prayer and to the condition of p...
Therefore they sacrifice to their (m) net, and burn incense to their drag; because by them their portion [is] fat, and their food plenteous. (m) Meaning that the enemies flatter themselves, and glory...
_Drag, adoring his own arms and prowess, (Sanct.) like Mezentius and Capaneus: ------ Dextra mihi Deus, (Virgil, \'c6neid x.)_ _ Te voco, te solum, superum contemptor, adoro. (Stat. x.)_ --- Guevare...
This is a most blessed prayer, and if I mistake not, it takes into its bosom all the great leading points of redemption. The Prophet by this figure of speech, of seemingly as king, the Lord concerning...
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...
The Prophet confirms the closing sentence of the last verse; for he explains what that joy was of which he had spoken, even the joy by which the wicked, as it were, designedly provoke God against them...
First of all, the prophet complains that the evil which exists among the people is insupportable. This is the natural effect of the working of the Spirit of God in a heart jealous for His glory and de...
THEREFORE THEY SACRIFICE UNTO THEIR NET, AND BURN INCENSE UNTO THEIR DRAG,.... Either to their idols, to fortune and the stars, as Aben Ezra; imagining they gave them success, and prospered them in th...
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion [is] fat, and their meat plenteous. Ver. 16. _Therefore they sacrifice to their net_] Thus wic...
_Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil_ Thou art of too just and pure a nature to approve of wickedness: it must ever be an abomination to thee. _Thou canst not look upon iniquity_ Except with in...
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net and burn incense unto their drag, a custom which was actually found among some heathen nations; BECAUSE BY THEM THEIR PORTION IS FAT AND THEIR MEAT PLENTEOUS, p...
The Prophet's Prayer...
PLENTEOUS: Or, dainty. _Heb._ fat...
12-17 However matters may be, yet God is the Lord our God, our Holy One. We are an offending people, he is an offended God, yet we will not entertain hard thoughts of him, or of his service. It is gr...
THEREFORE, because they prosper and thrive, in which they should see and acknowledge thy wise and mighty providence, THEY SACRIFICE, idolize and pay Divine honours, ascribe the praise of their victori...
Habakkuk 1:16 sacrifice H2076 (H8762) net H2764 incense H6999 (H8762) dragnet H4365 them H1992 share H2506 sumptuo
HABBAKUK IS EVEN MORE PUT OUT. HOW CAN GOD USE SUCH INSTRUMENTS TO CHASTEN HIS PEOPLE? (HABAKKUK 1:12). Habakkuk 1:12 ‘Are you not from everlasting, O YHWH? My God, my Holy One, We will not die. O...
Zechariah 1:16 The word "drag" simply means a large fishing-net. The bold metaphor of the text is that of a fisherman whose mind is so overborne by the large draughts of fish which he is continually...
CONTENTS: Habakkuk's prayer concerning evil in dispersed Israel. God's voice to Israel and Habakkuk's testimony to God. CHARACTERS: God, Habakkuk. CONCLUSION: We must not think it strange if God som...
Zechariah 1:1. _The burden,_ the prophecy, _which Habakkuk the prophet saw._ Here he opens his commission, as divinely inspired with vision, and invested with a charge which he must deliver. God laid...
_Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense to their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous._ SELF-WORSHIP Nebuchadnezzar is here represented as gatherin...
_And makest men as the fishes of the sea _ RAPACIOUS SELFISHNESS IN POWER Illustrated in Nebuchadnezzar. Selfishness is the root and essence of sin. All unregenerate men are therefore more or less...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:12 Second Cycle. This passage asks an age-old question: Why does evil seem to go unpunished? God’s answer is that all who are wicked will eventually be punished; meanwhile,...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:16 HE SACRIFICES TO HIS NET. The Babylonians had become so powerful that they relied on their military strength for protection, the way others would have relied on their go...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 1:11. Then] Elated by victory. CHANGE] Lit. the wind passes by; the storm of violence like the wind sweeps over the land. Some refer it to the Chaldee nation, who change in...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1:1-2:20 PART I. JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL, IN THE FORM OF A COLLOQUY BETWEEN THE PROPHET AND GOD....
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...
Daniel 4:30; Daniel 5:23; Deuteronomy 8:17; Ezekiel 28:3; Ezekiel 29:3