Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Habakkuk 1:7
Their judgment — The law they observe, is their own will. Their dignity — Their authority is all from themselves, without respect to any other law or rule whatever.
Their judgment — The law they observe, is their own will. Their dignity — Their authority is all from themselves, without respect to any other law or rule whatever.
Verse 7. _THEIR JUDGMENT - SHALL PROCEED OF THEMSELVES._] By revolting from the Assyrians, they have become a great nation. Thus, their judgment and excellence were the result of their own valour. Oth...
THEY ARE TERRIBLE - איום _'âyôm_ occurs here only and Song of Solomon 6:4, Song of Solomon 6:10, compared with the “bannered host,” but the root is common in אימה _'ēymâh_....
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
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 r...
THEY. It. JUDGMENT. decision. DIGNITY. elevation. themselves. itself. Compare Isaiah 10:8; Isaiah 10:13; Isaiah 10:14....
_GOD ANSWERED HABAKKUK'S COMPLAINT -- HABAKKUK 1:5-11:_ God assured Habakkuk that He was busy doing something about the situation that was so much bothering him. He told the prophet that he would be a...
THEIR JUDGMENT, &C.— _They give to themselves their own judgments, and their own auguries._ The meaning is, that the Chaldeans plunder whatever they deem in their own judgments proper to be theirs, an...
JEHOVAH'S ANSWER. Habakkuk 1:5-11 RV. Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you. For, lo, I...
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. THEIR JUDGMENT AND THEIR DIGNITY SHALL PROCEED OF THEMSELVES - i:e., they recognize no judge save thems...
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...
(5-11) Jehovah’s answer to Habakkuk’s complaint. These disorders are to be punished by an invasion of Chaldæaus. The appearance, character, and operations of these invaders are described....
THEIR JUDGMENT... — Their “judgment” means their claim to adjudge the affairs of mankind. It proceeds from “themselves,” as irresponsible, recognising no Supreme Being as the source of justice. Their...
אָיֹ֥ם וְ נֹורָ֖א ה֑וּא מִמֶּ֕נּוּ מִשְׁפָּטֹ֥ו...
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...
They [are] terrible and dreadful: (e) their judgment and their dignity shall proceed from themselves. (e) They themselves will be your judges in this cause, and none will have authority over them to...
_Proceed. They admit no authority but their own. (Calmet) --- This pride will prove their ruin. (Haydock)_...
After the observation I ventured to make on the preceding verse, it will be expected from me, that I should say in what sense I consider what is here said of the Chaldeans coming up upon the land. To...
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...
By saying that the Chaldeans would be terrible and dreadful, he praises not their virtues; but, as I have already reminded you, he shows that they would be prepared to do his service by executing his...
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...
THEY [ARE] TERRIBLE AND DREADFUL,.... For the fierceness of their countenances; the number and valour of their troops; the splendour of their armour; the victories they had obtained, and the cruelty t...
They [are] terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. Ver. 7. _They are terrible and dreadful_] Or horrible, such as were those giants called Emims, Deu 2:10...
_Their judgment, &c., shall proceed of themselves_ They will judge themselves of what they shall do, without paying regard to any thing but their own will, and shall have power to put in execution wha...
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF JEHOVAH'S JUDGMENT...
They are terrible and dreadful, arousing terror, causing fear; THEIR JUDGMENT AND THEIR DIGNITY, what they consider their right and their eminence, SHALL PROCEED OF THEMSELVES, they take this much upo...
THEIR JUDGMENT AND THEIR DIGNITY SHALL PROCEED OF THEMSELVES: Or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity of these...
1-11 The servants of the Lord are deeply afflicted by seeing ungodliness and violence prevail; especially among those who profess the truth. No man scrupled doing wrong to his neighbour. We should lo...
THEY ARE TERRIBLE AND DREADFUL: to affect the incredulous Jews with greater fear, it is doubled, they are of all nations most terrible; in the fierceness wherewith they assault, and cruelty with which...
Habakkuk 1:7 terrible H366 dreadful H3372 (H8737) judgment H4941 dignity H7613 proceed H3318 (H8799) their judgment - etc. or, from them sh
GOD'S REPLY. HE IS BRINGING THE BABYLONIANS AS HIS CHASTENERS (HABAKKUK 1:5). Habakkuk 1:5 ‘Behold among the nations and regard, and wonder marvellously (‘wonder with wonder'). For I work a work in y...
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...
_I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you._ THE DOOM OF A NATION OF CONVENTIONAL RELIGIONISTS The Jews were such a nation. They prided themselves in the orth...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:2 First Cycle. Habakkuk is disappointed that God does not seem to be answering his prayers. God’s response shows that, although Habakkuk doesn’t realize it, his prayers are...
HABAKKUK 1:5 God’s Response. God has already begun to answer Habakkuk’s request: the Babylonians are coming to punish the Israelites. ⇐...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:7 THEIR JUSTICE AND DIGNITY GO FORTH FROM THEMSELVES. As they built their empire, the Babylonians were not bound by God’s law or even by any rules of common decency....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 1:5]. God’s answer to the complaint. BEHOLD] prophet and people. God is about to act, and they will be terrified at its results (cf. Acts 13:41). HABAKKUK 1:6. RAISE] To ma...
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...
Deuteronomy 5:19; Deuteronomy 5:27; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:25;...