Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Habakkuk 1:3
And there are that raise up strife, &c.— And there is strife; and contention carries it.
And there are that raise up strife, &c.— And there is strife; and contention carries it.
Verse Habakkuk 1:3. _AND CAUSE_ ME _TO BEHOLD GRIEVANCE_] עמל _amal_, labour, toil, distress, misery, c., the common fruits of sin....
WHY DOST THOU SHEW ME INIQUITY, AND CAUSE ME TO BEHOLD - , or rather, “Why beholdest Thou grievance?” God seemed to reverse what He had said by Balaam Numbers 23:21, “He hath not beheld iniquity in Ja...
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
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...
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avert._ (App-44.). trouble, having special reference to the nature and consequences of evil-doing. GRIEVANCE. oppression, or injustice. Hebrew. _'amal._ App-44. THERE ARE THAT RA...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(1-4) Habakkuk complains of the apparent triumph of wickedness among his countrymen....
WHY DOST THOU SHEW ME INIQUITY?... — Better, _Why dost thou show me distress and look upon grievance; oppression and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention exalts itself._” The qu...
לָ֣מָּה תַרְאֵ֤נִי אָ֨וֶן֙ וְ עָמָ֣ל תַּבִּ֔יט...
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 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...
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...
_Opposition. Septuagint, "the judge receives" bribes. (Haydock) --- Such was the state of Juda after Josias, Jeremias xxi. 12._...
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...
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 afterwards adds, _How long wilt thou show me iniquity, and make me to see trouble? _Here the Prophet briefly relates the cause of his indignation,—that he could not, without great grief, yea, witho...
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...
WHY DOST THOU SHOW ME INIQUITY, AND CAUSE [ME] TO BEHOLD GRIEVANCE?.... That is, wicked men, and such as give a great deal of trouble vexation, and grief to others, by their rapine and oppression; sug...
_Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause [me] to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence [are] before me: and there are [that] raise up strife and contention._ Ver. 3. _Why dost thou show me in...
_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...
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF JEHOVAH'S JUDGMENT...
Why dost Thou show me iniquity, permitting him to see it on every hand, AND CAUSE ME TO BEHOLD GRIEVANCE? rather, "and Thou observest distress inactively," seemingly paying no attention to perversenes...
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...
WHY DOST THOU SHOW ME? it is a most unpleasing sight, and that which troubles me and every good man, to see unjust and injurious men without control, and unpunished, to act their iniquity; and yet, O...
Habakkuk 1:3 show H7200 (H8686) iniquity H205 see H5027 (H8686) trouble H5999 plundering H7701 violence H2555 strife...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:2 First Cycle. Habakkuk is disappointed that God does not seem to be answering his prayers. God’s response shows that, although Habakkuk doesn’t realize it, his prayers are...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:3 IDLY LOOK AT WRONG. It seems to Habakkuk that God is tolerating sin instead of punishing it (see v. Habakkuk 1:13)....
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;...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1:1-2:20 PART I. JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL, IN THE FORM OF A COLLOQUY BETWEEN THE PROPHET AND GOD....
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...
2 Peter 2:8; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Ezekiel 2:6; Jerem