Habakkuk 1:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! ”

Habakkuk 1:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O Lord, how long shall I cry - Literally, “how long have I cried so intensely to Thee?” Because it is always the cry of the creature to the One who alone can hear or help - its God. Of this cry...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out to thee (a) [of] violence, and thou wilt not save! (a) The Prophet complains to God, and bewails that among the Jews is left no f...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. cry . cry for help in distress; as in Psalms 18:6 ; Psalms 18:41 ; Psalms 22:24 . Compare Job 19:7 ; Jeremiah 20:8 . Showing that the cry is not personal, but...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

As I have already reminded you, interpreters think that the Prophet speaks here of future things, as though he had in his view the calamity which he afterwards mentions; but this is too straine...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - The prophet feels himself strongly excited against...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 d...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1-4) Habakkuk complains of the apparent triumph of wickedness among his countrymen.
Habakkuk 1:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Habakkuk 1:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Habakkuk 1:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

BOLDNESS WITH GOD ‘O Lord, how long shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear?’ Habakkuk 1:2 These are strong words to be spoken by saint to God. They are part of a whole context of similar strong...
Habakkuk 1:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear !.... The prophet having long observed the sins and iniquities of the people among whom he lived, and being greatly distressed in his mind on acc...
Habakkuk 1:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save! Ver. 2. O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? ] Lo, this is th...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Pro...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sins of the People. B. C. 600. 1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. 2...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

O Lord: unto God alone he makes his application, as only able to redress all grievances. How long! it may be some years he had preached, and in preaching had complained and cried out against wick...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk's Cry From His Heart - Why Does God Not See and Act? ( Habakkuk 1:2-4 ). Habakkuk 1:2-4 ‘O YHWH, how long shall I cry, And you will not hear? I cry out to you of violence, And you w...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Habakkuk 1:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Habakkuk 1:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Habakkuk 1:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Habakkuk 1:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Announcement of Jehovah's Judgment
Habakkuk 1:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 14:9 ; Lamentations 3:8 ; Psalms 13:1 ; Psalms 13:2 ; Psalms 22:1 ; Psalms 22:2 ; Psalms 74:10 ; Psalms 74:9 ; Psalms 94:3 ; Revelation 6:10

Habakkuk 1:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Habakkuk 1:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 1:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Habakkuk 1:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Habakkuk 1:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Habakkuk 1:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Habakkuk 1:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 1:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Habakkuk 1:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Habakkuk 1:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 1:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Habakkuk 1:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Habakkuk 1:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Habakkuk 1:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge