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Habakkuk 1

Hab. 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The burden
massa' (Hebrew #4853)
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
KJV usage: burden, carry away, prophecy, X they set, song, tribute.
Pronounce: mas-saw'
Origin: from 5375
which Habakkuk
Chabaqquwq (Hebrew #2265)
embrace; Chabakkuk, the prophet
KJV usage: Habakkuk.
Pronounce: khab-ak-kook'
Origin: by reduplication from 2263
the prophet
nabiy' (Hebrew #5030)
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Pronounce: naw-bee'
Origin: from 5012
did see
chazah (Hebrew #2372)
to gaze at; mentally, to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
KJV usage: behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
Pronounce: khaw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Habakkuk,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land,
5-11:  is shewn the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans.
12-17:  He complains that vengeance should be executed by them who are far worse.
Isa. 22:1• 1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? (Isa. 22:1)
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Nah. 1:1• 1The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. (Nah. 1:1)
• In sum, in this prophet we have (for the comfort of the faithful heart, which loves God’s people because they are His, and hence is distressed by the wickedness found among them, and still more by the judgment which falls upon them) the answer of God, explaining His ways to faith, and His sure faithfulness to His promises. He knows the oppressor, but the just must live by faith. (“Habakkuk 3” by J.N. Darby)
• For its prominent topic we find the soul of the prophet himself, as representing the faithful among the Jews, brought into deep exercises, and indeed a kind of colloquy between God Himself and the prophet, so as to set out not only that which gave him trouble of heart, but also divine comfort. (“Habakkuk: Introduction” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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aThe burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

JND Translation Notes

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* Said to mean. "Embracing."