CHAPTER XVI HOW CAN GOD ALLOW INJUSTICE TO GO UNPUNISHED? INTRODUCTION. Habakkuk 1:1 RV. The burden which Habakkuk a prophet did see. LXX. The burden which the prophet Ambacum saw. COMMENTS Habakkuk introduces his written prophecy in words calculated to establish it as authentically from God. Tr... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST QUESTION. Habakkuk 1:2-4 RV. O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save. Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth... [ Continue Reading ]
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 raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, t... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Rock, has established him for correction. Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that can... [ Continue Reading ]