The prophet’s confidence is tempered, however, with anxious fear. Why does not God show plainly that He authorises this visitation? The triumph of this godless invader appears to impugn God’s majesty.
Verse Habakkuk 1:13. THOU ART _OF PURER EYES_] Seeing thou art so pure, and canst not look on iniquity-it is so abominable-how canst thou bear with them who "deal treacherously, and hold thy tongue w...
THOU ART OF PURER EYES THAN TO BEHOLD EVIL - The prophet repeats his complaint (as troubling thoughts are accustomed to come back, after they have been repelled,), in order to answer it more strongly....
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
REMONSTRANCE OVER THE INHUMANITY OF THE CHALDEANS. The execution of Divine judgment raises fresh questions: Why should the Holy One, whose eyes are too pure to look on evil, appoint as minister of jus...
THOU ART, &C. Note the Fig, _Synchoresis_ (App-6). EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. INIQUITY. perverseness, or wrong. Hebrew. _'amal._ App-44. Not the same word as in Habakkuk 1:3, or Habakkuk 2:12. T...
_HABAKKUK REPLIED TO GOD -- HABAKKUK 1:12-14:_ Habakkuk addressed God on behalf of the people. In this appeal to God he contrasted God's power and purity with what God was doing with the destructive w...
DISCOURSE: 1221 THE HOLINESS OF GOD Habakkuk 1:13. _Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity_. MEN do not sufficiently contemplate the character of God. The Psalmist...
CHAPTER XVII THE SECOND QUESTION Habakkuk 1:12-17 RV. Art thou not from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgement; and thou, O Roc...
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is...
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...
טְהֹ֤ור עֵינַ֨יִם֙ מֵ רְאֹ֣ות רָ֔ע וְ הַבִּ֥י
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...
_Look, with approbation (Calmet) or connivance._...
This is a most blessed prayer, and if I mistake not, it takes into its bosom all the great leading points of redemption. The Prophet by this figure of speech, of seemingly as king, the Lord concerning...
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...
The Prophet here expostulates with God, not as at the beginning of the chapter; for he does not here, with a holy and calm mind, undertake the defense of God’s glory, but complains of injuries, as men...
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...
[THOU ART] OF PURER EYES THAN TO BEHOLD EVIL, AND CANST NOT LOOK UPON INIQUITY,.... The Lord with his eyes of omniscience beholds all things good and evil, and all men good and bad, with all their act...
Habakkuk 1:13 [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth...
_Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil_ Thou art of too just and pure a nature to approve of wickedness: it must ever be an abomination to thee. _Thou canst not look upon iniquity_ Except with in...
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, too pure to endure to behold it, AND CANST NOT LOOK ON INIQUITY, the wickedness and distress which men inflict upon others; WHEREFORE LOOKEST THOU UPON THEM...
The Prophet's Prayer...
INIQUITY: Or, grievance...
12-17 However matters may be, yet God is the Lord our God, our Holy One. We are an offending people, he is an offended God, yet we will not entertain hard thoughts of him, or of his service. It is gr...
THOU, O Lord, who hast raised and increased the Chaldean kingdom. ART OF PURER; of infinite purity and holiness. EYES, ascribed unto God to express his knowledge; so his eves run to and fro, and his e...
Habakkuk 1:13 purer H2889 eyes H5869 behold H7200 (H8800) evil H7451 cannot H3201 (H8799) look H5027 ...
HABBAKUK IS EVEN MORE PUT OUT. HOW CAN GOD USE SUCH INSTRUMENTS TO CHASTEN HIS PEOPLE? (HABAKKUK 1:12). Habakkuk 1:12 ‘Are you not from everlasting, O YHWH? My God, my Holy One, We will not die. O...
Zechariah 1:13 The absolute holiness of God is a truth of both natural and revealed religion. We could not worship one who was not supremely holy. Every reason we have for believing in God at all is a...
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...
_Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look upon iniquity._ THE HOLINESS OF GOD There is in our Maker a purity of nature, and an essential sort of holiness which render Him incap...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:12 Second Cycle. This passage asks an age-old question: Why does evil seem to go unpunished? God’s answer is that all who are wicked will eventually be punished; meanwhile,...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 1:13 PURER EYES THAN TO SEE EVIL. Habakkuk wonders why God’s holiness did not stop him from using the corrupt Babylonians to punish a less wicked nation such as Judah....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 1:11. Then] Elated by victory. CHANGE] Lit. the wind passes by; the storm of violence like the wind sweeps over the land. Some refer it to the Chaldee nation, who change in...
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...
1 Kings 2:32; 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 1:16; 2 Samuel 4:11; Acts 2:23;...