Habakkuk 1:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They are terrible and dreadful: their judgmentc and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. ”

Habakkuk 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They are terrible - איום 'âyôm occurs here only and Song of Solomon 6:4 , Song of Solomon 6:10 , compared with the “bannered host,” but the root is common in אימה 'ēymâh . And dre...
Habakkuk 1:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They [are] terrible and dreadful: (e) their judgment and their dignity shall proceed from themselves. (e) They themselves will be your judges in this cause, and none will have authority over them to...
Habakkuk 1:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Chaldeans as Ministers of Divine Justice. In His answer Yahweh directly addresses the evil-doers, warning them that He is about to work a work in their days they would never have believed: He i...
Habakkuk 1:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

They . It. judgment . decision. dignity . elevation. themselves. itself. Compare Isaiah 10:8-11 ; Isaiah 10:13 ; Isaiah 10:14 .
Habakkuk 1:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

By saying that the Chaldeans would be terrible and dreadful, he praises not their virtues; but, as I have already reminded you, he shows that they would be prepared to do his service by executi...
Habakkuk 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. Their judgment - shall proceed of themselves - By revolting from the Assyrians, they have become a grea...
Habakkuk 1:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Their judgment, &c.— They give to themselves their own judgments, and their own auguries. The meaning is, that the Chaldeans plunder whatever they deem in their own judgments proper to be the...
Habakkuk 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. Their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves - i:e., they recognize no judge save...
Habakkuk 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(5-11) Jehovah’s answer to Habakkuk’s complaint. These disorders are to be punished by an invasion of Chaldæaus. The appearance, character, and operations of these invaders are described.
Habakkuk 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

After the observation I ventured to make on the preceding verse, it will be expected from me, that I should say in what sense I consider what is here said of the Chaldeans coming up upon the land. To...
Habakkuk 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They [are] terrible and dreadful ,.... For the fierceness of their countenances; the number and valour of their troops; the splendour of their armour; the victories they had obtained, and the cruelt...
Habakkuk 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They [are] terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. Ver. 7. They are terrible and dreadful ] Or horrible, such as were those giants called Emims, Deu 2:...
Habakkuk 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Their judgment, &c., shall proceed of themselves They will judge themselves of what they shall do, without paying regard to any thing but their own will, and shall have power to put in executio...
Habakkuk 1:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment Predicted. B. C. 600. 5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder m...
Habakkuk 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They are terrible and dreadful: to affect the incredulous Jews with greater fear, it is doubled, they are of all nations most terrible; in the fierceness wherewith they assault, and cruelty with wh...
Habakkuk 1:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Reply. He Is Bringing the Babylonians As His Chasteners ( Habakkuk 1:5-11 ). Habakkuk 1:5-6 ‘Behold among the nations and regard, and wonder marvellously (‘wonder with wonder'). For I wor...
Habakkuk 1:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 1:5-11 ]. God’s answer to the complaint. Behold ] prophet and people. God is about to act, and they will be terrified at its results (cf. Acts 13:41 ). Habakkuk 1...
Habakkuk 1:7 - 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 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. The doom of a nation of conventional religionists The Jews were such a nation. They prided themselves in the o...
Habakkuk 1:7 - 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 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Announcement of Jehovah's Judgment
Habakkuk 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 5:19 ; Deuteronomy 5:27 ; Jeremiah 39:5-9 ; Jeremiah 52:25-27 ; Jeremiah 52:9-11
Habakkuk 1:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Their judgment — The law they observe, is their own will. Their dignity — Their authority is all from themselves, without respect to any other law or rule whatever.

Habakkuk 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Habakkuk 1:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 1:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Habakkuk 1:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Habakkuk 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Habakkuk 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 1:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Habakkuk 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Habakkuk 1:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Habakkuk 1:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Habakkuk 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Habakkuk 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 1:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes