Verse Habakkuk 2:16. _THE CUP OF THE LORD'S RIGHT HAND_] Among the ancients, all drank out of the same cup; was passed from hand to hand, and each drank as much as he chose. The Chaldeans gave to the...
THOU ART FILLED WITH SHAME FOR GLORY - Oppressors think to make themselves great by bringing others down, to fill themselves with riches, by spoiling others. They loved shame Hosea 4:8, because they l...
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...
LET THY FORESKIN BE UNCOVERED: i.e. be as one uncircumcised: i.e. uncovenanted....
_WOE TO THOSE THAT SEEK PLEASURE AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS HABAKKUK 2:15-17:_ God told the Chaldeans, "You are doomed! You get your friends drunk, just to see them naked. Now you will be disgraced inst...
THOU ART FILLED WITH SHAME, &C.— _Drink thou also, till thou art filled with shame instead of glory; and let,_ &c. _For the cup of the right hand of the Lord shall come round to thee,_ &c. _And disgra...
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...
Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. TH...
2:16 of (k-7) Or 'more than with.' foreskin (l-15) Or 'thine uncircumcision.'...
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...
(6-20) The destruction of the Chaldæans has hitherto been only implied. It is now plainly foretold in a denunciatory song, put into the mouths of the invader’s victims. In this song there are five str...
WOE UNTO HIM. — It is possible that wanton outrages committed by the debauched Babylonian soldiery in the hour of triumph are here meant. And this is in accordance with the mention of drunkenness as t...
(15-17) Woe on the cruel invader who has made the world drink of the cup of wrath....
שָׂבַ֤עְתָּ קָלֹון֙ מִ כָּבֹ֔וד שְׁתֵ֥ה גַם ־
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
“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...
Thou art filled with shame (n) for glory: drink thou also, and let thy shame come upon thee: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned to thee, and utter shame [shall be] on thy glory. (n) Whe...
_Glory. Egypt shall suffer at last, Isaias xix. 14., Jeremias xliii., &c. It was customary to hand the cup about, Jeremias xxv. 17., and Matthew xxvi. 27. (Calmet)_...
I should conceive, that in allusion to gospel salvation, which the enemies of the cross will endeavour to counteract, the expressions here mean the awful character of those who aim to intoxicate the m...
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...
He says that he is _satiated with shame instead of glory_. Some give this rendering—“Thou art satiated with shame more than glory;” but this does not suit the passage; for the Prophet does not mean th...
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...
THOU ART FILLED WITH SHAME FOR GLORY,.... This is said by the Lord to the man that gives his neighbour drink to intoxicate him, that he may draw him into uncleanness, and please himself with it; who,...
_Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing [shall be] on thy glory._ V...
_Wo unto him that giveth his neighbour drink_ By the metaphorical expressions used in this verse is signified the perfidy of Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans, who gained advantage over other nations b...
THE FOUR REMAINING WOES...
Thou art filled with shame for glory, or, "so, then, shalt thou be satisfied with shame instead of glory," satiated with disgracefulness; DRINK THOU ALSO, draining the cup of the Lord's wrath, AND LET...
WITH SHAME FOR GLORY: Or, more with shame then with glory...
15-20 A severe woe is pronounced against drunkenness; it is very fearful against all who are guilty of drunkenness at any time, and in any place, from the stately palace to the paltry ale-house. To g...
THOU, O king of Babylon, ART FILLED, shortly shalt be, and it is as sure as if already done, with shame for glory; as much filled with shame by the contempt they shall cast upon thee whom thou didst o...
Habakkuk 2:16 filled H7646 (H8804) shame H7036 glory H3519 alsodrink H8354 (H8798) uncircumcised H6188 (H8734) cup
THE FOURTH WOE (HABAKKUK 2:15). . Habakkuk 2:15 ‘Woe to him who gives his neighbour drink, Adding your wrath to him, And makes him drunk as well, In order that you may look on their nakedness.' T...
THE FIVE WOES OF GOD (HABAKKUK 2:6). God now outlines to Habakkuk how He is going to finally punish Babylon for what it is, and the wonderful blessing to the whole world which will come from His acti...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 2:15. Woe] the fourth. BOTTLE] Skin in common use. LOOK] with delight (Genesis 9:22). NAKED] The prostrate condition of the drunken man a figure of the overthrow of a conque...
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...
Hosea 4:7; Hosea 7:5; Isaiah 20:4; Isaiah 28:7; Isaiah 28:8;...
Thou — O king of Babylon. Shall be turned — They turned the cup of pleasure about, God will carry the cup of indignation about also, and make them drink deep of it. Shameful spewing — Thou shalt be as...