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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:1

watch = watch-tower; referring to the place. set me = take my station. tower = fortress. watch = look out; referring to the act = keep outlook. unto: or, in. answer when I am reproved: or, get back because of my complaint. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:2

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . Write, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 27:8 ). App-47 and App-92 . the vision. Supply the logical Ellipsis : "[which I am about to reveal to thee]". Compare Habakkuk 1:1 . upon tables: i.e. boxwood tables smeared with wax. Compare Luke 1:63 . that he may run that readeth it = that he that readeth it may flee. Hebrew. ruz = to run as a messenger (Job 9:25 .Jeremiah 23:21 ; Jeremiah 51:31 .Zechariah 2:4; Zechariah 2:4 ); or, to flee for... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:3

yet = deferred. appointed: i.e. fixed by Jehovah for its fulfillment. and not lie. Figure of speech Pleonasm ( App-6 ), for emphasis. it will not tarry. Some codices, with five early printed editions (one Rabbinic, margin), Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and will not tarry". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:4

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos ( App-6 ), emphasizing the twofold answer to the prophet's prayer: the fate of the wicked in the coming judgment, and the preservation and eternal lot of the righteous. Supply the Ellipsis: "Behold [the proud one]". his: i.e. the Chaldean's of Habakkuk 1:0 ; or the lawless one described in Hab 1 and in the verses which follow. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . the just = a righteous one. Quoted in Romans 1:17 and Galatians 1:3 , Galatians 1:11 . Compare... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:1

This chapter records God's answer to the second of Habakkuk's two questions raised in Habakkuk 1. The first regarded "how long" the well-deserved punishment of the wicked would be delayed. God's answer to the effect that Babylon, the great and wicked world-power soon to arise, would indeed punish wicked Israel for their sins did not fully satisfy Habakkuk. How could the holy and righteous God use a wicked state like Babylon to punish Judea, which with all of their sins were yet better than the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:2

"And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it."Habakkuk was instructed to "write" the vision in order to assure its availability for all future generations, because the message was intended to bless all succeeding generations of mankind."That he may run that readeth it ..." is usually taken to mean that even the casual reader may understand it, as in the sense of Kebble's hymn, "There is a book, who runs may read"; but,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:3

"For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.""For the appointed time ..." This terminology indicates that the prophecy here has references to, "the last times (Daniel 8:17,19; 11:35), the Messianic times, in which the judgment would fall upon the power of the world."[5] This rather surprising truth is most significant, because the conditions and sins immediately... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:4

"Behold his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith."Designated by many commentators as, "one of the profoundest utterance of the O.T.,"[8] this passage is quite generally grossly misunderstood. There is no reference whatever here to the inward, subjective faith of believers. As Moffatt translated the passage, "The good man lives as he is faithful." "Faith" in the biblical sense means faithfulness, integrity, perseverance, and fidelity. "Here... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 2:1

Habakkuk 2:1. I will stand upon my watch, &c.— I stood upon my watch, and continued upon the tower; and I looked to see what the Lord would say unto me, and what he would answer to my expostulation: [namely, that in the 13th and following verses of the preceding chapter, respecting the prosperity of the wicked, and of Nebuchadnezzar particularly:] Habakkuk 2:2. When the Lord answered me, &c. not shortly and enigmatically, as in Hab 2:11 of the former chapter, but openly and fully,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 2:3

Habakkuk 2:3. At the end it shall speak, &c.— At the end he shall break forth, and not deceive: Though he delay, expect him; because he that cometh will came, he will not tarry. read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 2:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 2:3

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