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Verse Habakkuk 1:2. _O LORD, HOW LONG SHALL I CRY_] The prophet feels
himself strongly excited against the vices which he beheld; and which,
it appears from this verse, he had often declaimed against,...
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O LORD, HOW LONG SHALL I CRY - Literally, “how long have I cried so
intensely to Thee?” Because it is always the cry of the creature to
the One who alone can hear or help - its God. Of this cry the Pr...
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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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COMPLAINT AGAINST YAHWEH FOR HIS TOLERANCE OF WRONG-DOING. In bitter
remonstrance with Yahweh, the prophet asks how long he must cry
Violence! and look on wretchedness and trouble, robbery, strife and...
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LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
CRY. cry for help in distress; as in Psalms 18:6; Psalms 18:41; Psalms
22:24. Compare Job 19:7;...
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_HABAKKUK'S COMPLAINT CONCERNING EVIL -- HABAKKUK 1:1-4:_ Habakkuk
identified himself simply as "the prophet." He wrote, "The burden
which Habakkuk the prophet did see." (Habakkuk 1:1) He was given a...
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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 p...
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O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out
unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
O LORD, HOW LONG SHALL I CRY ... EVEN CRY OUT UNTO THEE OF VIOLENCE
... WHY DOST T...
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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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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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(1-4) Habakkuk complains of the apparent triumph of wickedness among
his countrymen....
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EVEN CRY OUT. — The latter half of the verse is best rendered
“_Even cry unto thee_ ‘_Violence!_’_ and thou wilt not save._”
The single word “violence!” (_châmâs_) occurs elsewhere, as an
appeal for a...
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עַד ־אָ֧נָה יְהוָ֛ה שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי וְ
לֹ֣א תִש
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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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O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out
to thee (a) [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!
(a) The Prophet complains to God, and bewails that among the Jews is
left no fa...
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_Save. Some think that he expresses the sentiments of the weak, like
David, (Psalms lxxii. 2.) or what he had formerly entertained. The
language of the prophets is very bold, Exodus xxxii. 32., Job ii...
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We have the Prophet at his devotions, pleading with the Lord
concerning the sorrows and exercises of the Church. He not only
laments the iniquities of those that oppress the Lord's heritage, but
the i...
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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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_BOLDNESS WITH GOD_
‘O Lord, how long shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear?’
Habakkuk 1:2
These are strong words to be spoken by saint to God. They are part of
a whole context of similar strong word...
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As I have already reminded you, interpreters think that the Prophet
speaks here of future things, as though he had in his view the
calamity which he afterwards mentions; but this is too strained a
mea...
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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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O LORD, HOW LONG SHALL I CRY, AND THOU WILT NOT HEAR!.... The prophet
having long observed the sins and iniquities of the people among whom
he lived, and being greatly distressed in his mind on accoun...
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O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out
unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!
Ver. 2. _O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear?_] Lo,
this is the...
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_O Lord, how long shall I cry_, &c. How long shall I complain unto
thee of might overcoming right, and thou wilt not save or prevent it?
The prophet here proposes the common objection against Providen...
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O Lord, how long shall I cry, until 'when would he have to raise his
voice, AND THOU WILT NOT HEAR? Jehovah, the God of the covenant,
refused to heed any appeal in the interest of the people while the...
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF JEHOVAH'S JUDGMENT...
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1-11 The servants of the Lord are deeply afflicted by seeing
ungodliness and violence prevail; especially among those who profess
the truth. No man scrupled doing wrong to his neighbour. We should
lo...
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O LORD: unto God alone he makes his application, as only able to
redress all grievances. HOW LONG! it may be some years he had
preached, and in preaching had complained and cried out against
wickednes...
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Habakkuk 1:2 LORD H3068 cry H7768 (H8765) hear H8085 (H8799) out H2199
(H8799) Violence H2555 save...
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HABAKKUK'S CRY FROM HIS HEART - WHY DOES GOD NOT SEE AND ACT?
(HABAKKUK 1:2).
Habakkuk 1:2
‘O YHWH, how long shall I cry,
And you will not hear?
I cry out to you of violence,
And you will not sav...
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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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_O Lord! how long shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear?_
THE CRISIS OF PRAYER
The question to be answered is this: How long will God suffer His
people to pray, and still neglect to hear? Answer--
1....
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_The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see._
RESPONSIBILITIES
We can see how appropriate is the word “burden” used by the
prophets to describe their gift and duty. The obligation laid on them
oft...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] BURDEN] (cf. Nahum 1:1).
HABAKKUK 1:2. HOW] A complaint; wickedness continued long, and God did
not interfere.
HABAKKUK 1:3. WHY] dost thou behold violence without checking it?
some;...
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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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Jeremiah 14:9; Lamentations 3:8; Psalms 13:1; Psalms 13:2; Psalms 22:1