It shall teach— Can this thing give instruction?—Behold, &c. but no breath at all in it. Houbigant, however, renders it, Wilt thou have that for an instructor, which, covered over with gold and silver, hath no breath in it?
Verse Habakkuk 2:19. _WO UNTO HIM_] How foolish and contemptible to worship a thing _formed by the hand of man_ out of _wood, stone, gold_, or _silver_! The meanest _brute_ is superior to them all; i...
But then the greater is the “Woe” to him who deceiveth by them. The prophet passes away from the idols as “nothings” and pronounces “woe” on those who deceive by them. He . first expostulates with the...
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...
WOE UNTO HIM, &C. "The sequence of thought" would not be _improved,_ as suggested, by making Habakkuk 2:19 precede Habakkuk 2:18. See the Structure above. BREATH. spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ See App-9. C...
_WOE TO THOSE THAT WORSHIP IDOLS -- HABAKKUK 2:18-20:_ The Chaldeans were a pagan nation. They were deeply involved in idol worship. God again warned about the foolishness of idolatry. He said an idol...
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...
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. WOE UNTO HIM T...
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...
ARISE, IT SHALL TEACH!] RV 'Arise! Shall this teach? 'The parallelism shows that ARISE corresponds to AWAKE, and that, therefore, with the next words a new sentence begins. It is best to read this sen...
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...
(18-20) _Woe_ on him who neglects Jehovah to worship dumb idols of his own making....
הֹ֣וי אֹמֵ֤ר לָ † עֵץ֙ הָקִ֔יצָה ע֖וּרִי...
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...
Woe to him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! (q) Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all within it. (q) If you will cons...
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 pursues, as I have said, the same subject, and sharply inveighs against the sottishness of men, that they call on wood and stone, as though there were some hidden power in them. _They say to the wo...
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...
WOE TO HIM THAT SAITH TO THE WOOD, AWAKE,.... That saith to a wooden image, let him go by what name he will; saint such an one, or such an one; awake, arise, exert thyself on our behalf; deliver us fr...
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it. Ver. 19. _Woe...
_What profiteth the graven image_ The last sin that the prophet takes notice of, for which God would execute his judgments upon Babylon, is idolatry. Compare Jeremiah 50:2; and Jeremiah 51:44; Jeremia...
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake! expecting help from a carved idol; TO THE DUMB STONE, the hewn idol, ARISE, IT SHALL TEACH! rather, "Can it teach?. BEHOLD, IT IS LAID OVER WITH GOLD AND SI...
THE FOUR REMAINING WOES...
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...
In the former verse the prophet declared the uselessness and unprofitableness of the idols of Babylon, now he threatens the idolaters. They sinned greatly by placing their confidence in them, and they...
Habakkuk 2:19 Woe H1945 says H559 (H8802) wood H6086 Awake H6974 (H8685) silent H1748 stone H68 Arise...
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...
THE FIFTH WOE (HABAKKUK 2:18). Habakkuk 2:18 ‘What does it profit the graven image that his maker has graven it, The molten image, even the teacher of lies, That the maker of his work trusts in it...
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...
_What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it._ NATIONAL WRONGS ENDING IN NATIONAL WOES I. That men often give to the works of their own hands the devotions that belong to G...
HABAKKUK 2:2 God’s Response. The Lord assures Habakkuk that he will punish all the wicked, at the right time. ⇐ ⇔...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:6 This taunt against the Babylonians consists of five “woe oracles” (vv. Habakkuk 2:6, Habakku
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 2:19 OVERLAID WITH GOLD AND SILVER. Idols were often highly decorated in an effort to enhance their prestige. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 2:18.] Exposure of the folly of Babylon’s idolatry. WHAT] use? none whatever. LIES] Lying oracles connected with idol worship. DUMB] Nonentity (1 Corinthians 12:1)....
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...
1 Kings 18:26; Acts 17:29; Daniel 3:1; Daniel 3:18; Daniel 3:29;...