“ The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. ”
The burden - On the word “burden” see the note at Nahum 1:1 . Which Habakkuk the prophet did see - The prophet’s name signifies “strong embrace.” The word in its intensive form is used both...
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet saw. The Argument - The Prophet complains to God, considering the great felicity of the wicked, and the miserable oppression of the godly, who endure all types...
Habakkuk 1:1 . Title. On the seeing of an oracle, cf. Isaiah 2:1 , etc.
burden. See note on Nahum 1:1 . did see. The Hebrew accent places the chief pause on this verb, to emphasize the fact that the giving of the vision was of more importance than what was revealed...
The greater part of interpreters refer this burden to the Chaldeans and the monarchy of Babylon; but of this view I do not approve, and a good reason compels me to dissent from their opinion: f...
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. The burden - המשא hammassa signifies not only the burdensome prophecy, but the prophecy or revelation itself which God presented to the mind of Habakkuk...
The burden, &c.— The sentence, or prophesy. The prophet in the first four verses inveighs against the irregularities of Judah; and in the 6th verse he speaks of the coming of the Chaldeans in...
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. The burden - The prophetic sentence.
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 exi...
The prophet. — This title ( han-nâbî ) is applied only to Habakkuk, Haggai, and Zechariah. In the later historical books it is used to designate the members of those prophetical colleges which were...
Habakkuk 1:1-17 Habakkuk 1:2-17 ; Habakkuk 2:1-4 (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 Jeremi...
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...
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...
CONTENTS The title of the prophecy is said to be a burthen. In this Chapter we find the Prophet crying to the Lord, and calling also to the nations of the heathen concerning their sins, and the puni...
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. This prophecy is called a "burden", or something took up and carried, being what the prophet received from the Lord, and went with to the people of th...
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. Ver. 1. The burden ] The prophetic burden, saith the Chaldea paraphrast; the burdenous prophecy, saith Tremellius. See Trapp on " Mal 1:1 " Whi...
The burden The grievous calamities, or heavy judgments; which Habakkuk did see That is, foresee , and was commissioned to foretel. This burden, or prophetic vision, communicated to Habakkuk, was...
The Sins of the People. B. C. 600. 1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. 2...
HABAKKUK CHAPTER 1 Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land, Habakkuk 1:14 , showed the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans, Habakkuk 1:5-11 . He complaineth that vengeance sh...
‘The burden which Habakkuk the prophet saw.' This description of a prophecy as a ‘burden' occurs regularly. This was firstly because it burdened the prophet's soul. He could not forebear to speak be...
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 ch...
burden See note 1, ( See Scofield) - ( Isaiah 13:1 ).
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 la...
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...
EXPOSITION Verse 1:1-2:20 Part I. JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL , IN THE FORM OF A COLLOQUY BETWEEN THE PROPHET AND GOD . Habakkuk 1:1 § 1. The inscription of the...
The burden, the prophetic sentence with its threat of punishment, which Habakkuk, the prophet, did see , his first statements being in the nature of a complaint on the part of righteousness, accusin...
Isaiah 22:1 ; Nahum 1:1
The burden — The prophet seems to speak of these grievous things, as a burden which he himself groaned under.