Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Habakkuk 2:11
Shall cry out — As if it had a voice, it cries to God for vengeance. Answer it — Confirm the charge against thee.
Shall cry out — As if it had a voice, it cries to God for vengeance. Answer it — Confirm the charge against thee.
Verse Habakkuk 2:11. _THE STONE SHALL CRY OUT OF THE WALL, AND THE BEAM OUT_ _OF THE TIMBER SHALL ANSWER IT__._] This appears to refer to the ancient mode of building walls; _two_ or _three courses_...
FOR THE STONE SHALL CRY OUT OF THE WALL, AND THE BEAM OUT OF THE TIMBER SHALL ANSWER IT - All things have a voice, in that they are . God’s works speak that, for which He made them Psalms 19:1 : “The...
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...
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...
_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...
FOR THE STONE SHALL CRY, &C.— The answer of the beam follows in the next verse. The meaning of these figurative expressions is, that the houses and towns which have been destroyed by the Chaldeans sha...
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...
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. FOR THE STONE SHALL CRY OUT OF THE WALL. Personification. The very stones of thy palace, built by rapine, s...
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...
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...
(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...
(9-11) Woe on the aggrandisement of the new dynasty by force and cunning....
THE STONE SHALL CRY OUT. — Every stone in those giant walls reared by the enforced labour of captives cries aloud to accuse the Babylonian. Every spar out of the woodwork attests the charge....
כִּי ־אֶ֖בֶן מִ קִּ֣יר תִּזְעָ֑ק וְ כָפִ֖יס
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
“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...
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...
For the (i) stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. (i) The stones of the house will cry, and say that they are built from blood, and the wood will answer and...
_Timber. Hebrew, " caphis (Septuagint, the insect Greek: kantharos) from the wood shall answer." (Haydock) --- The signification of the Hebrew term is unknown. It was customary to place beams of wood...
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...
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...
There is here introduced by the Prophet a new personification. He had before prepared a common song, which would be in the mouth of all. He now ascribes speech to stones and wood, of which buildings a...
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...
FOR THE STONE SHALL CRY OUT OF THE WALL,.... Of their own house; some from among themselves, that truly feared God, seeing the evil practices done among them, and abhorring them, such as their covetou...
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. Ver. 11. _For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it_] Here are w...
_Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house _ “Which Nebuchadnezzar strove to aggrandize, and which Cyrus cut off.” Newcome. The translation of the LXX. accords exactly with ours: but t...
THE FOUR REMAINING WOES...
For the stone shall cry out of the wall and the beam out of the timber, the spar out of the woodwork, SHALL ANSWER IT, agreeing with the stone in its charge against the builder on account of the crime...
BEAM: Or, piece, or, fastening SHALL ANSWER IT: Or, witness against it...
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...
FOR THE STONE, the strength of thy house, accuseth thee. SHALL CRY OUT; as if it had a voice, it crieth to God for vengeance. THE BEAM, on which thy chambers are laid, SHALL ANSWER IT; confirms the ch...
Habakkuk 2:11 stone H68 out H2199 (H8799) wall H7023 beam H3714 timbers H6086 answer H6030 (H8799) t
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...
THE SECOND WOE (HABAKKUK 2:9). Habakkuk 2:9 ‘Woe to him who obtains an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest high up, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil. You have devised sham...
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...
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...
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...
_The stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it._ RETRIBUTION The prophet in this connection is declaring that the Chaldeans shall be punished for their cruel ra...
_Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house._ COVETOUSNESS AND SELF-TRUST I. The national wrongs here indicated. 1. Coveting the possessions of others. “Woe to him that coveteth an e...
HABAKKUK 2:2 God’s Response. The Lord assures Habakkuk that he will punish all the wicked, at the right time. ⇐ ⇔...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:6 This taunt against the Babylonians consists of five “woe oracles” (vv. Habakkuk 2:6, Habakku
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:11 STONE WILL CRY OUT. The stones were taken from other nations’ buildings or purchased with stolen goods. They will testify against Babylon....
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 dy...
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...
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...
Genesis 4:10; Hebrews 12:24; James 5:3; James 5:4; Job 31:38;...