Habakkuk 2:2
RUN THAT READETH IT Not, as usually quoted, "that he that runneth may read," but, "that he may run that readeth"; that is, as a messenger of the "vision." Compare (Zechariah 2:4); (Zechariah 2:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
RUN THAT READETH IT Not, as usually quoted, "that he that runneth may read," but, "that he may run that readeth"; that is, as a messenger of the "vision." Compare (Zechariah 2:4); (Zechariah 2:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
APPOINTED TIME To the watching prophet comes the response of the "vision" (Habakkuk 2:2). Three elements are to be distinguished: (1) The moral judgment of Jehovah upon the evils practised by dispersed Israel (Habakkuk 2:5); (Habakkuk 2:15). (2) The future purpose of God that, practised by disper... [ Continue Reading ]
HELL Sheol is, in the Old Testament, the place to which the dead go. (1) Often, therefore, it is spoken of as the equivalent of the grave, merely, where all human activities cease; the terminus toward which all human life moves (for example (Genesis 42:38) grave (Job 14:13) grave (Psalms 88:3) gra... [ Continue Reading ]
IS IT NOT Or, it is not of the LORD, etc, that is, though permitted in His providence, not His plan. Compare (Micah 4:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE EARTH SHALL BE FILLED Compare (Isaiah 11:9) which fixes the time when "the earth," etc. It is when David's righteous Branch has set up the kingdom. (See "Kingdom (Old Testament),"; (2 Samuel 7:9); (Zechariah 12:8) also, "Kingdom (New Testament),"; (Luke 1:31); (1 Corinthians 15:28). Haba... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUSTETH (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _... [ Continue Reading ]