Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Habakkuk 2:3
At the end — When the period appointed of God shall come. Shall speak — Be accomplished, and not disappoint your expectation.
At the end — When the period appointed of God shall come. Shall speak — Be accomplished, and not disappoint your expectation.
Verse Habakkuk 2:3. _THE VISION_ IS _YET FOR AN APPOINTED TIME_] The Chaldeans, who are to ruin Judea, shall _afterwards_ be ruined themselves: but they must do this work _before_ they receive their...
FOR THE VISION IS YET FOR AN (THE) APPOINTED TIME - o Not for the present, but to develop itself in the course of time, down to a season which God only knows; as it is subsequently repeated (Daniel 11...
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...
THE ORACLE FROM YAHWEH. Unable to explain the mystery, the prophet stations himself on his watch-tower, and looks for the revelation of God's purpose. Soon the oracle comes, and he is asked to write i...
YET. deferred. APPOINTED: i.e. fixed by Jehovah for its fulfillment. AND NOT LIE. Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6), for emphasis. IT WILL NOT TARRY. Some codices, with five early printed edition...
_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...
DISCOURSE: 1222 OUR DUTY IN REFERENCE TO THE PROMISES Habakkuk 2:3. _The vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will...
AT THE END IT SHALL SPEAK, &C.— _At the end he shall break forth, and not deceive: Though he delay, expect him; because he that cometh will came, he will not tarry._...
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 vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. FOR - assigning the cause why...
2:3 delay. (b-34) Or 'be behindhand.'...
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...
FOR THE VISION IS YET FOR AN APPOINTED TIME... — Better, _For the vision is to have its appointed day, and it pants for the end. and it shall not disappoint, i.e.,_ it pants for the day of completion,...
כִּ֣י עֹ֤וד חָזֹון֙ לַ † מֹּועֵ֔ד וְ...
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 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...
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...
For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the (c) end it shall speak, and not lie: though it may tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (c) Which contained th...
Slack. That which happens at the time fixed is not. (Worthington) --- Hebrew, "the vision is for an appointed time." Habacuc might live to see the conquest and downfall of Nabuchodonosor. Many think t...
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...
_‘THE VISION IS FOR AN APPOINTED TIME’_ ‘For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will no...
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 VISION [IS] YET FOR AN APPOINTED TIME,.... Not the present vision only, but vision or prophecy in general: it was a doubt that arose in the minds of the prophet and other good men, upon the no...
For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Ver. 3. _For the vision is yet...
_The Lord said, Write the vision_ Write down what I am going to say. Every divine communication, by whatever means made, is often spoken of in the prophetic writings under the title of a _vision._ Whe...
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, it awaits its fulfillment in the future, but nevertheless in a fixed period, BUT AT THE END IT SHALL SPEAK AND NOT LIE, like the predictions of the false p...
THE INTRODUCTION AND THE FIRST WOE...
1-4 When tossed and perplexed with doubts about the methods of Providence, we must watch against temptations to be impatient. When we have poured out complaints and requests before God, we must obser...
FOR; the reason why it must be written is because it should not be forgotten, whilst the appointed time is somewhat afar off; write it that it may be preserved in memory. THE VISION; the accomplishmen...
Habakkuk 2:3 vision H2377 time H4150 end H7093 speak H6315 (H8686) lie H3576 (H8762) tarries H4102 ...
HABAKKUK LOOKS ANXIOUSLY FOR THE ANSWER TO HIS QUESTIONS (HABAKKUK 2:1) Habakkuk 2:1 ‘I will stand on my watch, And settle myself on the tower, And look out to see what he will say to me, And wha...
APPOINTED TIME To the watching prophet comes the response of the "vision" (Habakkuk 2:2). Three elements are to be distinguished: (1) The moral judgment of Jehovah upon the evils practised by disper...
Zechariah 2:3 A large space of the Church's history, and of every believer's experience, is occupied by waiting. The whole of the Old Testament was a waiting for one dispensation. The whole of the New...
Zechariah 2:3 The word "wait" is the one word which the Divine wisdom often seems to utter, in rebuke of human impatience. God is never in haste. In Holy Scripture men are often counselled to wait; t...
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...
_For the vision is yet for an appointed time._ VISIONS He whom men style a visionary has for the most part little or no honour among them. But no one can help having visions unless he be devoid of im...
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 2:3 THE VISION AWAITS ITS APPOINTED TIME. God’s timing for the fulfillment of the message will be perfect. WAIT FOR IT. While Judah’s judgment will begin quite soon (586 B.C....
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 t...
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...
2 Kings 6:33; 2 Peter 2:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:6; Acts 1:7; Acts 17:26;...