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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(embrace). A minor
prophet
during reigns of
Jehoiakim
and
Josiah
. His
book
, thirteenth of the prophetic, denounces
Chaldea
, and concludes with a striking poem and
prayer
.
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Nothing is said of
the
prophet
’s ancestors, nor as to when he prophesied. He is generally placed in the
time
of
Josiah
or a little later: it was before the
captivity
of
Judah
, for that is foretold.
Habakkuk 1. The prophet exhibits the exercise of a
heart
full of sympathy towards the people of
God
. The evil among them greatly distressed him, and he cried mightily unto God. In
Habakkuk 1:5-11
5
Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
6
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
7
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
8
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
9
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
10
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
11
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. (Habakkuk 1:5‑11)
is God’s answer. He will raise up the
Chaldeans
, a “bitter and hasty nation,” to punish them. The character and violence of the Chaldeans are described.
In the verses from
Habakkuk 1:12
12
Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. (Habakkuk 1:12)
to
Habakkuk 2:1
1
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. (Habakkuk 2:1)
, the prophet pleads with God not to be unmindful that the Chaldeans were worse than Judah. He will watch for God’s answer.
In
Habakkuk 2:2-20
2
And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
4
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
5
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
6
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
7
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
8
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
9
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
10
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
11
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13
Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
15
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
16
Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
17
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
18
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
19
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
20
But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. (Habakkuk 2:2‑20)
is God’s reply. The prophet was told to write the vision so plainly that he who read it might run. The vision was for an appointed time, but it hasted to the end. The restless, grasping pride of the Chaldeans God would in due time judge; but meanwhile “the just shall live by his
faith
.” The rapacity of the Babylonian is spoken of, and then woes are pronounced against the oppressor, for his covetousness, his
blood
-shedding, his debauchery, and his
idolatry
.
In contrast to all this the announcement is made that “The
earth
shall be filled with the
knowledge
of the
glory
of the
Lord
, as the waters cover the [
bed
of the]
sea
.” This looks forward to the
millennium
, passing over the partial return of the people in the books of
Ezra
and
Nehemiah
. The prophet is assured that “The Lord is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.”
Judgment
on the Gentile rulers of God’s people will, at the time of the end, immediately precede and
lead
to the
kingdom
.
Habakkuk 3 is a
prayer
of the prophet. “Upon
Shigionoth
,” reads in the margin “according to variable
songs
or tunes,” which signification seems confirmed by the subscription, “To the chief singer on stringed instruments.” The prophet realizes the presence of God while he reviews His past dealings against
Israel
’s enemies, and sees in them the
pledge
of the future
salvation
. At the close, while faith has to
wait
for the
blessing
, he rejoices in God, saying, “I will rejoice in the Lord, I will
joy
in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.”
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
2265
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Chabaqquwq
Phonic:
khab-ak-kook’
Meaning:
by reduplication from
2263
; embrace; Chabakkuk, the prophet
KJV Usage:
Habakkuk
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
ardently embraced
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Continual embracing:―one of the minor prophets, Hab. 1:1. {Amplexus continuus}
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