HABAKKUK. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK AS A WHOLE, Division.) JP [Al |10-2.0. THE BURDEN OF HABAKKUK. A}[9109, THE PRAYER OF HABAKKUK. For the Caxoxicar, order and place of the Prophets, sno Ap. 1, and pp. 1208 ana 1207. For the Cuoxotooteat, onder of the Prophets, eo Ap. 72. For the Inter-relation of the Prophetie Books, sco Ap. 78, For the Formula of Prophetic Utterance, See Ap. 82. ‘For References to the Pentateuch by tho Prophets, se Ap. 92 For the Intor-rolation of the Minor (or Shortes) Prophets, see pp, 1208 and 1202. Of Hahatkak (pronounced Wabal’-baH) nothing ean be really known beyond what he says of himself. From ‘this itis cloar that ho lived in evil days, and was perplexed with the silence and forbearance of a holy God in permitting the evil to cimtinne. Gp. Pe. 7 ‘takes the form of a colloguy with Jehovah; and Jehovah answers his cry by revealing tiv fact ‘come when tho evil willbe visited apon Judah by the Chaldean successors of Assyria (1, #,and by the Dispersion of Judah (1, #-1) ‘The prayer in chap. 3 is very important as boing a eummary of Jehovah's dealings witk His People from the passage of the Red Sea to the prophet's own time, ‘Tho prayor is important also, as being the model (together with Tes. 86), ovside the Pealter, of the propor construction of a Psalm, with (1) the auper-cription, (2) the text, and (8) sS-tcription (eee Ap. 65); and alec, of the meaning and use of the word " Selah” (Ap, 65. TD, ‘Tho prophecy is undated ; but wo have a clue afforded in 1.s,« Tk is given to Habakkuk before the fall of| Ninoveh, which pluced Babyion at the head of the Gentile world, According to traditional or “received” ating, this took place in 685 n.c., but, according to the chronology given in Ap. 0, it wna 616 a, or 110 years Inter. If the hints given in 1. 2, 1 aro to bo accepted on the above lines, we may date the propheoy of Habakkuk ‘8 being given (as a whole) oF nt any rate commenced, in the year with which Jeremiah begins: vin. in the ‘thirtoonth year of Josiah, B18 ac, i.e, theee years before the destruction of Nineveh, Ta this ate, supposing one armong those Hi kak addressed to be twenty years old, he would be forty-two in Jehoinkim’s fourth year ani Nobuchadneasar's first. At the carrying away to Babylon he woud to forty-nine; and at the destruction of Jerusalem he would be sisty-one 1268AA (p. 1267) 318. ‘THe *burden which Habakkuk the pro- 1 pegs 2.0 °LonD, how long shall I “cry, and Thou wilt not hear! ‘even “cry out uito Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save! ‘3 Why dost Thon shew me ‘iniquity, and cause me to behold °grievance? for spoiling ‘and violence are before me: and “there are ‘that raise up “strife and contention. 4 Therefore the law is “slacked, and °judg- ment doth never go forth: for °the wick doth compass about “the righteous; therefore SWwrong judgment * proceedeth. 58ncnold ye among the “heathen, and *re« gard, and °wonder marvellousty: for I will Work awork in your days, *twhtch ye will not Derteve, 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 othe are terrible and dreadful: ‘their “fedgenent and “their “dignity shall proceed “themselves. 8 *Their horses, also are swifter than the ds, and are “more fierce than the evening fves: and ‘their ‘horsemen shall spread "themselves, and ‘their horsemen shall come. from far; ‘they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat, ‘97 They shali come “all for violence: ‘their sfaces 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:? {hep | eee eee te ar tary ok Sheap dust, and “take it, | 11 Then shall his” mind change, and he shall pass “over, and offend, imputing this his power Junto his "god. 12 Art Thou not from everlasting, O *LORD my °God, mine Holy One’? “we sball not die, GLoND, Thou hast ordained them for jodie ment; and, °O mighty God, Thou hast estab- lished "them for correction. 7 Xep-St. Judgment =aecision, To.e-11,13, 14, more floree = keoncr. 9 ‘all for violone 1 shall freon things. ‘as the sand,” Fig. Paremia. ‘dust heap up mounds, take it—capture it rach. “Ap. 8. ‘over =through, Ta Art Thu not Heb, Elohim. Ap. &. i (s0e'Ap. 83), which they ‘they minde because iw ‘and American I.Y.,."wa shall net alo"), This Ie th jon and peak of it in the m: ions is given ie tho Maeworah. Thi |__ Otmighty Goa Rock. op. Dew. 824,25, 15 20 HABAKKUK. | teasing “Habakeak” a being lest Important. ‘Tho dignity elevation. fe not for conquest, but for destruction. sup up, fe. = swallow up (as in Job 09.22), as the Palestine burning east wind withors up and destroy god. Heb. ‘loan tap. & V): 5 2 “Note the change of eubject, aa shown in the Seruotare above ("A") ‘wo shall not die, ‘This is one of the eighteen emen: ‘the one ward of the primitive text "who diest not® was changed to “who die not” (rendered fa A.V., RLV. ‘than roid the supposed irreverent expression; it transferred t mortal mon the truth which, apart from resurrection, pertains to God alone, "Who only hath immortality” (Tim. 6.15). Op.1 Con. 1b. 8 ¢4, 1. 1-2 20 (A\,p. 1208), THE BURDEN OF HABAKKUK. (AU/mation) | AY) A] tote. The prophets ory. ‘B | 1.6-11, Jehovah's answer. A | Lir—2.1, The prophets ery. B\22-20. Tchovab's answer. 1 burden, See note on Nab. 11. ‘did see, ‘Tho Heb, accont places the chief pause on this verb, to emphasise the fact that the giving of the vision was of more importance than what was revealed brit. A second and lesser pause ig placed on" burden”, | verso therefore should ‘eu, "The burden which he ‘saw, Habakkuk the prophet", @ LORD. Heb. Jehovah. Ap. TT. @ry-~ery for help in distress; asin Pas. 18.6, 48 529.24 Cp Jab 18.7. Jes ‘Showing that the ery is not personal, bub ma name of all who wuffered rom the evil gry out oxy with & Tond Yolen, implying the com plaints 3 iniquity. Hob, ‘awn (Ap. 44. il) trouble, having | special reference to the nature and eontogtences of evildoing. ‘oppression, or injastice, Heb. ‘imal after “strife”, at in the HV. The Heb. aoventa ine icate the oné set, and contention rising up", Hke ‘Sgpoiling and violence are bafore me” in the preceding clause. forward from the Chaldeans to the faeure Antichrist, Heb, righa' Ap. 0x the righteous=tho just one (Art, with Heb. ‘eh) wrong -=perverted. Broceedeth ~ gooth forth. ‘Look ye. For emphasis chango to Jehovah's answer. Quote Gp. Ten. 29.36, ‘regard... wonder. Noto the Fig. 3. which ye will not believe, "yet yo will not believe Glo. Fig. Asterimos. “Ap. 6. Lrraiae up, te. Ret to Pent. (Det 28,49, 6). Ap. 92 fnew, "Hah hie; nad throughowt tis dager ‘themselves=itacf. Op. Tea, Ref. to Pont. (Dune 26. 49,80) Ap. 92, facoeaspect, invent, or eagerness. | Somo codices read ‘iy as tho eagle. ‘Ap 6 16 themr=it, a8 above (0.8). ho, every stronghold. ions of the Sapherim ng considered offensive to say this of Jehovah hence, .e only one of the eighteen emendations argin as “an ancient Jowish traditior 18 change from the second person to the fret did more Sam. 22. 28am. 28.5. Ps 40.14, eo. 18518 Boat (p. 1268) ” Did @ oe o De Li 18 ° Thou art of purer eyes than to behold| evil, and canst not look on “iniquity: where- fore jookest Thov upon them that deal trea cherously, and holdest Thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that 1s more right-| cous than he? T4/And makcnt “men as the fanes of the sea as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? nd . yy take up all of them with the! “angle, “they catch them in *their net, and gather "them in ‘their "drag: therefore ‘they Telok and are glad. 16 Therefore ‘they sacrifice unto ‘their net, ‘and burn incense unto "their drag; because \oy Moen their portion és “fat, and ‘their meat cous. 7 Shall "they therefore empty *their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations ? will stand upon my °wateh, and °set me 2 pon the “toner, aud will “Watch to see what He will say "unto me, and what I'shall answer wen Tam reproved. 2 And °tne LORD answered me, and said, 2% Write *the vision, and make Zt plain °upon tables, “that he may run that readeth it, 8 For the vision is °yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, “and ‘not | lie: though it tarry, wait for ity because it will surely come, “it will not tarry.” 4:°Behold, “his soul which is lifted up is not upright ia him: | Dut he Just shall “Iive wy’ his fateh, 5 Yea also, because he “trai by’ wine, he is a proud "man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his “desire as °hell, and °isas death, and cannot be satisfied, but gather- eth untobim all nations, and heapeth unto him all: peopl 6 Shallnot all these take up a ° parable against taunting ° proverb against him, and to him that increaseth that which ‘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 the 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. HABAKKUK. 2.9. 13 Thou art, &e. Note the Fig. Synchorsee (Ap. 6, evB. Hebei Ap. d6. vil Iniguity =pervervoness, or wrong. Wish. "@nal. Ap. 44s Not the same word ne int, oF 212, the wicked lawless one. Heb rishi’. Ap. 4. x, Looking forward to the Antichrist Ta men, Heb, "dim. Ap. 14 i, 1B anglo~hook. Grag—a fishnet. Ocours only here (ot. 35, 18) ana In Tet 19. Greek aagine. "Seo Ap. 182. 3." Teallan ne rogene, whence (with a diferent vowel) the Greek ‘orb sagonoiid=to s9eoop [a country} cleat. 16 fat—fortile, oF rich plonteous~ fat, 2. 1 watch—watsh-towor; referring to the place, mo-take my station tower fortress, ‘watoh ~look oat; Peferting to the act keep outlook ‘unto? or, in answer whon Tam reproved: fim complaint 2. 2-20 (8, y. 1267). JEHOVAH'S ANSWER, Urepeatea AUtermation.) ajay 1, get back becanse | 2, Command to write, bis. Henson, That the reader may le, Biot mepnation Pre ae Contrast: "Jehovah's re: [ued Tncrimination, Greed ig Reason. elation. | Hct) ovia, Incrimination, Covetons- | aff te. contrat, Jehovat’sgto |] © juan tae anon [Te te Betton. "Retauation | 1) oF arn Tnormination, | 8 | ae, Contrast slehowahs 0 1S tiation 2 the Los. Heb, Jehovab Ap. 4.3%, Write, & ite. to Pent, (Daut. 219). Ap. 47, and 82 the vision. “Supply” the Togical Euipris (Ap. 8) “which I am about to reveal 0 the)" “Ope upon tables? ive. boxwood tables smeared with wax. Cpe tke Le hat 'he ay, ran that readeth it—that be that rondeth st may fea Heb ote~to ran as'a mecsonger (Gob vas. der. 28. a1; BL ai. Zech, fa); on to hee for rofuge (Ps, 18.10), a8 in fing, 2.» | sh lejery Taolatey. 3 yet dere ‘appointed: i.e, fxed ty Jehovah for ite fulflment. | and net lie, Fig. Pleonorn (Ap. 6), for emphasis. Ht will mot tarry. Some codices, with five early printed editions (one Rabbinio, mang.) Aram, Sept, Spry and Vulg., rend and will not tary ‘4 Behold, Fig. asterismoe (Ap, 8) emphasising the | twofold anewer to tho grophet's prayer the fato of the ‘wicked in the coming judgment, aod the yreaseeation ‘And etornal lot of the righteous.” ‘Supply the Bip Speholt [the prond one his! ive, the Chaldean’s of ch. 1; or the lawless one Aeccribet in eh. 1 and in the verses which follow. soul, "Heb nepheah. Ap. 13, the just =a righteous one, Quoted in Rom. 1.17 and ve: fe li rot beteteen faith and unb tho context places the gressoth mis transgressing, or is acting Loccittully "7 bite: or, exact usury ‘vox~shake. covetor {or ever in resurrection life. Soo notes on Lev. 38, ft refore to (hiv life; therefore "live” must refer to a fueure I ‘shall live”; not “the just by his faith”, but “a just ono, by hia faith, will live”, and make the contrast ot, but between tho fate of each man, Heb, geber. Ap. 1d TV, desire=soul, Wob. mephesh, “Apris. —heil—Shedl, Seo Ap. do Cp. ie, 8.34 is=te(ish, —‘people=peoples. "6 parublo. Heb, ma proverb ~ gma, ‘Heb. Man, as in P5782," "Woe, Note the five woes in 6 % 1% 28, how long? or his time is short. thick clay= pledges. “Ret. \o Pent, Ab. 02. "Occurs in this form only re. Op. other forms in Deut, 15 and 24, where ie oucars nine times with a cognats met tortoth a gain. Fig. Parowomesia. “Ap. 6. Heb, basta" Gal. 8.11, Cpe Hob. 10.38 The wickol go on living, without faith, ‘Tho Heb, aceonta place tne emplagis on jahing and living for even ‘in Gal. & 1 it Sa placed on "faith ‘wine. Heb. yayin. Ap. 27.1. in Rom. teat 8 trans man-—strong tga te Joel ‘9 coveteth evil, Heb. na" ‘Bmen's. Heh addin. Ap. 1d. Bra. 1208