Habakkuk 1:5 NIV,NKJV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 1:5

Habakkuk 1:5. Behold, &c. For a punishment of such exorbitant practices, behold, God is about to make the heathen the instruments of his vengeance. Ye among the heathen, and regard Consider and weigh it well, in its nature and consequences; for it is intended as a warning to you, and assures you that judgment will overtake you also. And wonder marvellously As astonished at judgments too great to be described, and so strange that they will appear to many, even of God’s professing... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:1-11

1:1-2:5 HABAKKUK COMPLAINS AND GOD ANSWERSFirst complaint and answer (1:1-11)Despite Habakkuk’s zealous preaching and fervent prayer, Judah shows no sign of improvement. All around him the prophet sees violence, lawlessness, injustice and all sorts of other social evils. Knowing God is holy and just, he asks God how long will he allow this wickedness to go unpunished (1:1-4).God replies that he is preparing the Babylonians (Chaldeans) to punish Judah. God has not told the Judeans about this,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 1:5

Behold = Look ye. For emphasis, introducing the change to Jehovah's answer. Quoted in Acts 13:41 . Compare Isaiah 29:14 . Behold . . . regard . . . wonder. Note the Figure of speech Anabasis ( App-6 ). heathen = nations. which ye -will not believe. Some codices read "yet ye will not believe". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:5

"Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you. For lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.""Behold ye among the nations ..." There was nothing upon the historical horizon that indicated any possibility of a power about to rise up and destroy the Southern Israel, which had already... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 1:5

Habakkuk 1:5. Behold ye, &c.—though it be told you— See and behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for, &c.—when it is told. Houbigant. So also the LXX, and Acts 13:41. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 1:5

5. Behold . . . marvellously . . . a work—(Compare Isaiah 29:14). Quoted by Paul (Acts 13:41). among the heathen—In Acts 13:41- :, "ye despisers," from the Septuagint. So the Syriac and Arabic versions; perhaps from a different Hebrew reading. In the English Version reading of Habakkuk, God, in reply to the prophet's expostulation, addresses the Jews as about to be punished, "Behold ye among the heathen (with whom ye deserve to be classed, and by whom ye shall be punished, as despisers; the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 1:2-20

II. HABAKKUK’S QUESTIONS AND YAHWEH’S ANSWERS 1:2-2:20The prophet asked Yahweh two questions and received two answers. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 1:5

The Lord told Habakkuk and his people (plural "you" in Hebrew) to direct their attention away from what was happening in Judah to what was happening in the larger arena of ancient Near Eastern activity. They were to observe something there that would astonish them and make them marvel. They would see that God was doing something in their days that they would not believe if someone just told them about it."The Apostle Paul, quoting from the LXX on this verse, applies the principle of God’s... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 1:5-11

B. Yahweh’s answer about Judah 1:5-11Though God had not responded to the prophet’s questions previously, He did eventually, and Habakkuk recorded His answer. The form of this revelation is an oracle."The hoped-for response to a lament (cf. Habakkuk 1:2-4) would be an oracle of salvation, but here the response is an oracle of judgment." [Note: David W. Baker, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah, p. 52.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:1-17

The Prophet’s burden. The Answer of Jehovah1. 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 existence of God, but he cannot understand His seeming failure to interpose in human affairs. In the end, however, the despondency merges into a faith which can believe where it cannot see (Habakkuk 2:3; Habakkuk 3:17.).5. Behold ye among the heathen] For this we ought to read, ’Behold, ye treacherous’ (as in the... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 1:5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 1:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 1:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 1:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 1:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 1:2-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 1:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 1:5-11

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 1:1-17

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