Habakkuk 2:1-3 NIV

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:1

1. stand upon . . . watch—that is, watch-post. The prophets often compare themselves, awaiting the revelations of Jehovah with earnest patience, to watchmen on an eminence watching with intent eye all that comes within their view (Isaiah 21:8; Isaiah 21:11; Jeremiah 6:17; Ezekiel 3:17; Ezekiel 33:2; Ezekiel 33:3; compare Psalms 5:3; Psalms 85:8). The "watch-post" is the withdrawal of the whole soul from earthly, and fixing it on heavenly, things. The accumulation of synonyms, "stand upon . . .... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

2. Write the vision—which I am about to reveal to thee. make it plain— ( :-). In large legible characters. upon tables—boxwood tables covered with wax, on which national affairs were engraved with an iron pen, and then hung up in public, at the prophets' own houses, or at the temple, that those who passed might read them. Compare :-, "writing table," that is, tablet. that he may run that readeth it—commonly explained, "so intelligible as to be easily read by any one running past"; but then it... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:3

3. for—assigning the cause why it ought to be committed to writing: because its fulfilment belongs to the future. the vision is yet for an appointed time— (Daniel 10:14; Daniel 11:27; Daniel 11:35). Though the time appointed by God for the fulfilment be yet future, it should be enough for your faith that God hath spoken it (Daniel 11:35- :). at the end it shall speak—MAURER translates, "it pants for the end." But the antithesis between, "it shall speak," and "not be silent," makes English... read more

Thomas Constable

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

Habakkuk compared himself to a sentinel on a city wall watching the horizon for the approach of a horseman. He purposed to watch and wait expectantly for the Lord to reply to this second question, as He had the first, so he could report it to his people (cf. Habakkuk 3:16). He prepared himself for a discussion with the Lord about the situation as well as for the Lord’s answer that he expected in a vision or dream (cf. Job 13:3; Job 23:4)."Only by revelation can the genuine perplexities of God’s... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:1-3

1. The introduction to the answer 2:1-3 read more

Thomas Constable

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

Yahweh did respond and told the prophet to make a permanent, easy-to-read record of the vision, which He would give him, on tablets (of clay, stone, or metal; cf. Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; Deuteronomy 9:10; Deuteronomy 27:8). Having received and recorded the vision, Habakkuk, and other messengers, should then run to tell their fellow citizens what God’s answer was."The matter was to be made so clear that whoever read it might run and publish it." [Note: Kerr, p. 876. Cf. Daniel 12:4.] "It... read more

Thomas Constable

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

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 2:3

The vision Habakkuk was about to receive concerned events to take place in the future. Though it was a prophecy that would not come to pass immediately, it would materialize eventually. Habakkuk was to wait for its fulfillment because it would indeed come at the Lord’s appointed time.The writer of the Book of Hebrews quoted this verse (Hebrews 10:37). He used it to encourage his readers to persevere in their commitment to Jesus Christ since what God has predicted will eventually come to pass,... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:1-20

Faith Triumphant1-4. 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 about his feet, i.e. occasioned by Chaldean aggressiveness and indifference to right. The tower is not, of course, a literal tower—some high and lonely place to which the prophet may retire; it simply suggests the inner light of revelation, by the aid of which he contemplates the perplexing situation. The... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Habakkuk 2:1

(1) The Tower.—The practice of ascending a high place to secure an extensive view suggests the figure here. (See 2 Kings 9:17; 2 Samuel 18:24.) In a yet bolder metaphor Isaiah represents himself as appointing a watchman, who brings reports from his tower. We need not suppose that Habakkuk literally betook himself to a solitary height to wait for a revelation. Balaam, the heathen soothsayer, did so (Numbers 23:3), but his conduct throws no light on the customs of the Jewish prophets.What he will... read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:1

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:3

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:1-3

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

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:3

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:1-20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Habakkuk 2:1

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