Geneva Study Bible - Habakkuk 2:2
2:2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tablets, that he may run {b} that readeth it.(b) Write it in great letters, that he that runneth may read it. read more
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John Calvin
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Habakkuk 2:3
2:3 For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the {c} end it shall speak, and not lie: though it may tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.(c) Which contained the destruction of the enemy, and the comfort of the Church. And even though God does not execute this according to man’s hasty affections, yet the issue of both is certain at his appointed time. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Habakkuk 2:4
2:4 Behold, {d} his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.(d) To trust in himself, or in any worldly thing, is never to be at peace: for the only rest is to trust in God by faith; Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, Hebrews 10:38 . read more
James Gray
James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 2:1-20
HABAKKUK THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH Nothing is known of the personal history of Habakkuk, and little as to the time when he prophesied. He is placed by some successor to Zephaniah, for he makes no mention of Assyria and yet refers to the approach of the Babylonian invasion. See Habakkuk 1:6 ; Habakkuk 2:3 ; Habakkuk 3:2 ; Habakkuk 3:16-19 . The book seems to have been written by himself, as we judge from Habakkuk 1:2 , and Habakkuk 2:1-2 . His “burden” begins by lamenting the iniquity of... read more
Joseph Parker
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Habakkuk 2:1-20
On the Look Out Habakkuk 2:0 "I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch" ( Hab 2:1 ). This was the conclusion of asking questions of the most painful and distressing kind. Here then is a lesson for all time. A strong-headed man like Habakkuk, whose very name suggests, etymologically, "strong embrace of God," has his questions; he is puzzled and perplexed by the whole play of things: the tragedy seems to have no beginning, no key, no end. Habakkuk therefore puts... read more
Robert Hawker
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Habakkuk 2:1
CONTENTS The Prophet in the preceding Chapter having offered up his prayer; in this is represented as waiting for his answer. The Lord grants him a gracious one; the Chapter closeth with a solemn account of the Lord in his temple. Habakkuk 2:1 This is a beautiful and an interesting account of a child of God, after having given in his petition at the court of heaven waiting for an answer. Such should be the conduct of all the praying seed of Jacob. read more
Robert Hawker
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Habakkuk 2:2
Here the Lord is answering his servant, and a gracious answer it is. Reader! it is very blessed to wait upon the Lord in prayer; and when we are at anytime admitted into the retirings of the Lord, never to come away until he hath given us an answer of peace. read more
Robert Hawker
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Habakkuk 2:3-13
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 sent forth in what is called the fulness of time? Galatians 4:4 . I humbly conceive that this is the meaning of the passage, and that it points to Christ. And under this view the several expressions are easily to be understood. read more
George Haydock
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 2:1
Will stand, &c. Waiting to see what the Lord will answer to my complaint, viz., that the Chaldeans, who are worse than the Jews, and who attribute all their success to their own strength, or to their idols, should nevertheless prevail over the people of the Lord. The Lord's answer is, that the prophet must wait with patience and faith; that all should be set right iu due time; and the enemies of God and his people punished according to their deserts. (Challoner) --- The prophet speaks,... read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Habakkuk 2:1
2:1 I will stand upon my {a} watch, and seat myself upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.(a) I will renounce my own judgment, and only depend on God to be instructed what I will answer those that abuse my preaching, and to be armed against all temptations. read more