Habakkuk 1:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. ”

Habakkuk 1:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They shall come all for violence - “ Violence” had been the sin of Judah Habakkuk 1:3-4 , and now violence shall be her punishment. It had been ever before the prophet; all were full of it. Now s...
Habakkuk 1:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up [as] the (f) east wind, and they shall gather the captives (g) as the sand. (f) For the Jews most feared this wind, because it destroyed th...
Habakkuk 1:9 - 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 1:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

all for violence: i.e. not for conquest, but for destruction. faces . aspect, intent, or eagerness, sup up, &c. . swallow up (as in Job 39:24 ), as the Palestine burning east wind withers...
Habakkuk 1:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

By saying that they would come to the prey, he means that they would have no trouble or labor, for they would be victorious before they had any contest, or had any war with their enemies. The m...
Habakkuk 1:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. Their faces shall sup up as the east wind - This may be an allusion to...
Habakkuk 1:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Their faces shall sup, &c.— A burning wind goes before them, and gathers captives as the sand. Houbigant. They shall carry desolation, destruction, and fire every where before them. The winds...
Habakkuk 1:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. They shall come all for violence - the sole object of all is, not...
Habakkuk 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They shall come all for violence ,.... Or, "the whole of it" s; the whole army of the Chaldeans, everyone of them; this would be their sole view, not to do themselves justice, as might be pretended,...
Habakkuk 1:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up [as] the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. Ver. 9. They shall come all for violence ] That by force and violenc...
Habakkuk 1:9 - 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 1:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment Predicted. B. C. 600. 5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder m...
Habakkuk 1:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They, Chaldeans, and in particular these fierce and swift horsemen, shall come all, with one purpose, on the same design, to enrich themselves by making a prey of all. Their faces shall sup up as...
Habakkuk 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Announcement of Jehovah's Judgment
Habakkuk 1:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:51 ; Deuteronomy 28:52 ; Ezekiel 17:10 ; Ezekiel 19:12 ; Genesis 41:49 ; Habakkuk 1:6 ; Habakkuk 2:5 ; Habakkuk 2:5-13 ; Hosea 1:10 ; Hosea 13:15 ; Isaiah 27:8 ; Jeremiah 1...
Habakkuk 1:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For violence — To enrich themselves by making a prey of all. Their faces — Their very countenances shall be as blasting as the east — wind.

Habakkuk 1:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Habakkuk 1:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 1:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Habakkuk 1:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Habakkuk 1:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Habakkuk 1:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 1:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Habakkuk 1:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 1:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Habakkuk 1:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 1:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Habakkuk 1:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Habakkuk 1:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Habakkuk 1:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 1:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes