He — The king of Babylon. Wine — Hereby Belshazzar, his city and kingdom of Babylon fell a prey to Darius and Cyrus. At home — Is ever abroad warring upon some or other. Unto him — To his kingdom. All nations — That are round about him.
Verse 5. _BECAUSE HE TRANSGRESSETH BY WINE_] From the present translation, it is not easy to see either reason or meaning in the first clause of this verse. _Newcome_ translates, "Moreover, as a might...
This general rule the prophet goes on to apply in words which belong in part to all oppressors and in the first instance to the Chaldaean, in part yet more fully to the end and to antichrist. “Yea als...
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...
TRANSGRESSETH. = is transgressing, or is acting deceitfully. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27. MAN. strong man. DESIRE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ HELL. Sheol. See App-35. Compare Isaiah 5:14. IS. he...
_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...
YEA, ALSO, &C.— _A transgressor by wine,_ is quite foreign to the subject; nor do the Syriac, LXX, or Arabic mention any thing of it. Houbigant renders the verse, very agreeably to the context, thus,...
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...
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations,...
2:5 man, (c-11) _ Geber_ . Job 3:3 . desire (d-20) Or 'appetite;' lit. 'soul.' see Isaiah 5:14 ....
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...
YEA, ALSO.... — Better, _Add, too, that wine is treacherous_ (and that) _he is a braggart and cannot be quiet, whose appetite is large as_ (that of) _Hades._ The rest of the verse illustrates this las...
וְ אַף֙ כִּֽי ־הַ יַּ֣יִן בֹּוגֵ֔ד גֶּ֥בֶר
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
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...
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...
Yea also, because (e) he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth to him all nat...
As wine deceiveth, &c. viz., by affording only a short passing pleasure, followed by the evils and disgrace that are the usual consequences of drunkenness: so shall it be with the proud enemies of the...
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 Prophet has taught us that a tranquil state of mind cannot be otherwise had than by recumbing on the grace of God alone; and that they who elate themselves, and fly in the air, and feed on the win...
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...
YEA ALSO, BECAUSE HE TRANSGRESSETH BY WINE,.... Or rather, "how much less" or "more o, wine dealing treacherously": or "a man of wine", as Aben Ezra supplies it; that is, a winebibber, as Kimchi and B...
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all natio...
_Yea also, because he_ Namely, the king of Babylon; _transgresseth by wine_ Hereby Belshazzar, his city and kingdom, fell a prey to Darius and Cyrus. _He is a proud man_ Insolent in his behaviour towa...
THE INTRODUCTION AND THE FIRST WOE...
Yea, also, because he transgresseth by wine, rather, "and, moreover, wine is treacherous," not bringing those who are addicted to it life and power, as it seems to promise, but unhappiness and destruc...
YEA ALSO: Or, how much more...
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...
BEHOLD; note it: there are two sorts of persons who concern themselves in this puzzling question of the Divine providence; some object. and quarrel contest with God, proudly, discontentedly, and impat...
Habakkuk 2:5 transgresses H898 (H8802) wine H3196 proud H3093 man H1397 home H5115 (H8799) enlarges H7337 ...
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...
HELL Sheol is, in the Old Testament, the place to which the dead go. (1) Often, therefore, it is spoken of as the equivalent of the grave, merely, where all human activities cease; the terminus towa...
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...
_Who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied._ MORAL WRONG; SOME OF ITS NATIONAL PHASES Evil, like good, is one in essence, but it has many forms and phases. The branc...
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 2:5 HIS GREED IS AS WIDE AS SHEOL. Sometimes in the OT, Sheol is the place of the dead where everyone went, yet which never filled up (see Proverbs
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; th...
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...
1 Thessalonians 4:11; 2 Kings 14:10; Daniel 5:1; Daniel 5:20;...