Proverbs 6:7
And makest men as the fishes of the sea - mute, helpless, in a stormy, restless element, no cry heard, but themselves swept away in shoals, with...
And makest men as the (l) fishes of the sea, as the creeping animals, [that have] no ruler over them? (l) So that the great devours the small, and t...
Remonstrance over the Inhumanity of the Chaldeans. The execution of Divine judgment raises fresh questions: Why should the Holy One, whose eyes are...
men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
He goes on, as it has been said, in his complaint; and by a comparison he shows that the judgement would be such as though God turned away from...
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? Makest men as the fishes of the sea - Easily are we...
And makest men, &c.— By delivering them to Nebuchadnezzar, who takes them in his net as a fisherman takes fishes. These creatures suffer themse...
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? And makest men as the fish - i:e., and so, by...
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...
And makest ] probably this should be 'and makes.' It is, as Habakkuk 1:15-16 show, the Chaldean who makes men like fish, sweeping them into his ne...
(12-17) Though sore perplexed, Habakkuk feels sure that the God whom this swaggering conqueror has insulted will at last vindicate Himself.
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...
the Apparent Prosperity of the Wicked Habakkuk 1:1-17 Habakkuk probably lived toward the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, when the Chaldean...
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 J...
This is a most blessed prayer, and if I mistake not, it takes into its bosom all the great leading points of redemption. The Prophet by this figure o...
And makest men as the fishes of the sea ,.... That is, sufferest them to be used as the fishes of the sea, which are easily taken in the net, and ar...
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, [that have] no ruler over them? Ver. 14. And makest men as the fishes of the sea...
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil Thou art of too just and pure a nature to approve of wickedness: it must ever be an abomination to thee....
The Prophet's Plea; The Prophet's Complaint. B. C. 600....
Makest; not infusing cruel, ravenous, and unsatiable appetites, but permitting them to act according to such appetite which was already in them. M...
Habbakuk Is Even More Put Out. How Can God Use Such Instruments to Chasten His People? ( Habakkuk 1:12-17 ). Habakkuk 1:12 ‘Are you not from ev...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 1:11 . Then] Elated by victory. Change] Lit. the wind passes by; the storm of violence like the wind sweeps over the...
Zechariah 1:1 . The burden, the prophecy, which Habakkuk the prophet saw. Here he opens his commission, as divinely inspired with vision, and in...
And makest men as the fishes of the sea Rapacious selfishness in power Illustrated in Nebuchadnezzar. Selfishness is the root and essence of...
EXPOSITION Verse 1:1-2:20 Part I. JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL , IN THE FORM OF A COLLOQUY BETWEEN THE PROPHET AND GOD...
The Prophet's Prayer
and makest men as the fishes of the sea, helpless in the face of the fisherman's net, as the creeping things that have no ruler over them, one who...
And makest — Not infusing cruel appetites, but permitting them to act according to such appetite which was already in them. As the fishes — Of whic...
14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?