Habakkuk 2:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? ”

Habakkuk 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall not they rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee? - The destruction of the wicked is ever sudden at last. Such was the flood Luke 17:26-27 , the destruction of...
Habakkuk 2:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Shall (g) they not rise suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall oppress thee, and thou shalt be for booty to them? (g) That is, the Medes and persians, that would destroy the Babylonians...
Habakkuk 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bite: or, exact usury. vex . shake.
Habakkuk 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet proceeds with the subject which we have already begun to explain; for he introduces here the common taunts against the king of Babylon and the whole tyrannical empire, by which many...
Habakkuk 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? Shall they not rise up suddenly - Does not this refer to the sudden and u...
Habakkuk 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? Shall they not rise up suddenly - the answer to the question, "ho...
Habakkuk 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(6-8) Woe on the reckless rapacity which has spared neither life nor property.
Habakkuk 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Shall not they rise up suddenly that shall bite thee ,.... Or, "thy usurers", or "creditors" d, as some render it; the Christians, whose money, goods, and substance, they had spoiled them of, but no...
Habakkuk 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? Ver. 7. Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee? ] Rend a...
Habakkuk 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee? Is it not just, or what thou deservest, that others should suddenly rise against thee, and bite and tear thee? It is a metaphor taken from the...
Habakkuk 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment Predicted; Judgment of the King of Babylon. B. C. 600. 5 Yea also, because he...
Habakkuk 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall they not? this question doth more fully ascertain the thing. Rise up; either grow up, or else, as men who resolve to do a thing thoroughly, get upon their feet and stand to it. The Medes and...
Habakkuk 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The First Woe ( Habakkuk 2:6-8 ). Habakkuk 2:6-8 ‘Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, saying, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his. How...
Habakkuk 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 2:6 . These] “nations” and “people” ( Habakkuk 2:4 ). Parable] A derisive song ( Isaiah 14:4 ; Micah 2:4 ), some; ode, given by others, enigmatical in character. Wo...
Habakkuk 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Introduction and the First Woe
Habakkuk 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; Daniel 5:25-31 ; Ecclesiastes 10:8 ; Isaiah 13:1-5 ; Isaiah 13:16-18 ; Isaiah 21:2-9 ; Isaiah 41:25 ; Isaiah 45:1-3 ; Isaiah 46:11 ; Isaiah 47:11 ; Isaiah 48:14 ; Is...

Habakkuk 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Habakkuk 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 2:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Habakkuk 2:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Habakkuk 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Habakkuk 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Habakkuk 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Habakkuk 2:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Habakkuk 2:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 2:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Habakkuk 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Habakkuk 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge