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Verse Habakkuk 1:14. _MAKEST MEN AS THE FISHES OF THE SEA_] Easily
are we taken and destroyed. We have no _leader_ to guide us, and no
_power_ to defend ourselves. Nebuchadnezzar is here represented...
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AND MAKEST MEN AS THE FISHES OF THE SEA - mute, helpless, in a stormy,
restless element, no cry heard, but themselves swept away in shoals,
with no power to resist.
AS THE CREEPING THINGS - whether o...
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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
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REMONSTRANCE OVER THE INHUMANITY OF THE CHALDEANS. The execution of
Divine judgment raises fresh questions: Why should the Holy One, whose
eyes are too pure to look on evil, appoint as minister of jus...
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MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
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_HABAKKUK REPLIED TO GOD -- HABAKKUK 1:12-14:_ Habakkuk addressed God
on behalf of the people. In this appeal to God he contrasted God's
power and purity with what God was doing with the destructive w...
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AND MAKEST MEN, &C.— By delivering them to Nebuchadnezzar, who takes
them in his net as a fisherman takes fishes. These creatures suffer
themselves to be taken without resistance, because they have no...
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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 Roc...
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And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that
have no ruler over them?
AND MAKEST MEN AS THE FISH - i:e., and so, by suffering oppressors to
go unpunished, "thou makest men...
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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...
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AND MAKEST] probably this should be 'and makes.' It is, as Habakkuk
1:15 show, the Chaldean who makes men like fish, sweeping them into
his net....
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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...
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(12-17) Though sore perplexed, Habakkuk feels sure that the God whom
this swaggering conqueror has insulted will at last vindicate Himself....
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וַ תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֖ם כִּ דְגֵ֣י הַ
יָּ֑ם
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And makest men as the (l) fishes of the sea, as the creeping animals,
[that have] no ruler over them?
(l) So that the great devours the small, and the Chaldeans destroy all
the world....
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_Ruler. People are subdued by Nabuchodouosor. (Haydock) --- They make
little resistance. (Calmet)_...
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This is a most blessed prayer, and if I mistake not, it takes into its
bosom all the great leading points of redemption. The Prophet by this
figure of speech, of seemingly as king, the Lord concerning...
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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...
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He goes on, as it has been said, in his complaint; and by a comparison
he shows that the judgement would be such as though God turned away
from men, so as not to check the violence of the wicked, nor...
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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...
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AND MAKEST MEN AS THE FISHES OF THE SEA,.... That is, sufferest them
to be used as the fishes of the sea, which are easily taken in the
net, and are common to everyone; whosoever will may take them up...
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And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, [that
have] no ruler over them?
Ver. 14. _And makest men as the fishes of the sea_] That are easily
drawn out with hook or net. So dot...
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_Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil_ Thou art of too just and
pure a nature to approve of wickedness: it must ever be an abomination
to thee. _Thou canst not look upon iniquity_ Except with in...
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The Prophet's Prayer...
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and makest men as the fishes of the sea, helpless in the face of the
fisherman's net, AS THE CREEPING THINGS THAT HAVE NO RULER OVER THEM,
one who might act as their protector and defender in times of...
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CREEPING:
Or, moving...
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12-17 However matters may be, yet God is the Lord our God, our Holy
One. We are an offending people, he is an offended God, yet we will
not entertain hard thoughts of him, or of his service. It is gr...
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MAKEST; not infusing cruel, ravenous, and unsatiable appetites, but
permitting them to act according to such appetite which was already in
them. MEN; who should be just to all, and wrong none, who wer...
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Habakkuk 1:14 make H6213 (H8799) men H120 fish H1709 sea H3220 things
H7431 ruler H4910 (H8802)
cre
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HABBAKUK IS EVEN MORE PUT OUT. HOW CAN GOD USE SUCH INSTRUMENTS TO
CHASTEN HIS PEOPLE? (HABAKKUK 1:12).
Habakkuk 1:12
‘Are you not from everlasting, O YHWH?
My God, my Holy One, We will not die.
O...
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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...
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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...
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_And makest men as the fishes of the sea _
RAPACIOUS SELFISHNESS IN POWER
Illustrated in Nebuchadnezzar.
Selfishness is the root and essence of sin. All unregenerate men are
therefore more or less...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 1:11. Then] Elated by victory. CHANGE] Lit. the wind passes
by; the storm of violence like the wind sweeps over the land. Some
refer it to the Chaldee nation, who change in...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1:1-2:20
PART I. JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL, IN THE FORM OF A COLLOQUY BETWEEN THE
PROPHET AND GOD....
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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...
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Proverbs 6:7...
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And makest — Not infusing cruel appetites, but permitting them to
act according to such appetite which was already in them. As the
fishes — Of which the greater greedily devour the smaller. Creeping
t...