Habakkuk 2:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. ”

Habakkuk 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house, the cutting off many people, and sinning against thy soul - The wicked, whether out of passion or with his whole mind and deliberate choice and will, takes...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou (h) gavest shameful counsel to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul. (h) Signifying that the covetous man is the ruin of his own house, when he thinks to enr...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Woes on the Evil-doer. Habakkuk 2:5 f. Woe on the insatiable conqueror, who treacherously gathers to himself the heritage of all the nations, only to be the victim of their bitterest malediction...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

consulted . counselled, or devised. shame . a shameful thing. sinned against thy soul. Reference to Pentateuch ( Numbers 16:38 ). sinned. Hebrew. chata. App-44.
Habakkuk 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet again confirms the truth, that those who count themselves happy, imagining that they are like God, busy themselves in vain; for God will turn to shame whatever they think to be thei...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. Hast sinned against thy soul - Thy life is forfeited by thy crimes.
Habakkuk 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people. Maurer, more literally,...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Faith Triumphant 1-4. The view from the watchtower. 1 . The prophet climbs his tower, for he must reach a vantage point, if he is to contemplate with real understanding and insight the confusion...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(6-20) The destruction of the Chaldæans has hitherto been only implied. It is now plainly foretold in a denunciatory song, put into the mouths of the invader’s victims. In this song there are five st...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 2:1-20 Habakkuk 2:5-20 The dramatic piece Habakkuk 1:2-17 ; Habakkuk 2:1-4 is succeeded by a series of fine taunt-songs, starting after an introduction from Habakkuk 2:6 b, then...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Just Shall Live by Faith” Habakkuk 2:1-20 Having prayed, the prophet expected an answer and looked out for it. When it came, there would be no mistaking it. But until we see eye to eye, we...
Habakkuk 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The proclamations fall into two parts. The first is concerned with the "puffed up," the second concerns the righteous. The "puffed up" are described as haughty, ambitious, conquering, against whom t...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What vision is this? The whole prophecy of Isaiah is called a vision. Isaiah 1:1 . And that we know to have been concerning the Lord Jesus and his gospel. And is not this the same? Was not Jesus sen...
Habakkuk 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house ,.... Instead of bringing real honour and glory to their church, and that into the esteem of men, by such covetousness, ambition, and arrogance, they brought i...
Habakkuk 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul. Ver. 10. Thou hast consulted shame to thy house, &c. ] Thou hast taken a wrong course bot...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house “Which Nebuchadnezzar strove to aggrandize, and which Cyrus cut off.” Newcome. The translation of the LXX. accords exactly with ours: but...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment Predicted; Judgment of the King of Babylon. B. C. 600. 5 Yea also, because he...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Woe! it is a general and comprehensive threat against all tyrants and oppressors. To him; every one that is guilty of the sin. That coveteth an evil covetousness; or driveth a trade of oppression...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Five Woes of God ( Habakkuk 2:6-20 ). God now outlines to Habakkuk how He is going to finally punish Babylon for what it is, and the wonderful blessing to the whole world which will come from...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 2:9 . Woe] the second, against establishing a permanent settlement by godless gain. Evil] Covetousness surpassingly evil and fatal to itself. House] Not the palace...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Habakkuk 2:1 . I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. «I shall look to God, and I shall...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 2:1 . I will stand upon my watch. The ancient nations often had no great confidence in what is now called, The faith of treaties. The Israelites kept a watchman on the tower of Jezreel;...
Habakkuk 2:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house. Covetousness and self-trust I. The national wrongs here indicated. 1. Coveting the possessions of others. “Woe to him that covetet...
Habakkuk 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Habakkuk 2:1-35 § 5. The prophet, waiting for an answer to his expostulation, is bidden to write the oracle in plain characters, because its fulfilment is certain. Habakkuk...
Habakkuk 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Four Remaining Woes
Habakkuk 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:23 ; 2 Kings 10:7 ; 2 Kings 9:26 ; Isaiah 14:20-22 ; Isaiah 33:11 ; Jeremiah 22:30 ; Jeremiah 36:31 ; Matthew 27:25 ; Nahum 1:14 ; Numbers 16:38 ; Proverbs 1:18 ; Proverbs 8:36...
Habakkuk 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thou — Nebuchadnezzar.

Habakkuk 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Habakkuk 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Habakkuk 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Habakkuk 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Habakkuk 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Habakkuk 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Habakkuk 2:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Habakkuk 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 2:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Habakkuk 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Habakkuk 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Habakkuk 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes