PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Habakkuk
William J. Deane [1853-1943] · 67,138 words · 76 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Habakkuk — Section 61
prophet, be wo.s o.t the so.me time a philanthropist and a patriot, who could not con- template without a shudder the decimation of his people or the desolation of his country; o.n<l neither co.n the Christio.n anticipate without apprehension those chas- tisements that are promised to himself for correction of his back…
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Vers. 3-5.-.&n ideal theophany: 1. The onward march of tl1e Deity. I. His PERSOK DESIGNATED. 1. God, or Ewalt, the Sfn-vng or Powei:ful One. A name for the Supreme used fo" the :first time by Moses (Deut. :xxxii. 15) to portray God as the Creator of Israel, and employed by Habakku.k "to designate God as the Lord and…
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1dorious manifestation of J8hovah was rendered possible, and even probable, by what had in the past occurred at Sinai; that it would proceed in the line of that earlier theophany, and be a carrying out of the Divine policy therein revealed-a policy of mercy and judgment, of salvation and destruction; and that in it, as…
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In yrophetic ,ision Habakkuk beheld the impression made upon the neighbouring nations through which Jehovah passed on his march from Teman to t.he Red Sea-tho Cushitcs or African Ethiopians on the west "in affliction," and the Midianitee towards the east, "trembling." A different interpretation makes Cushnn tho Mesopot…
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Vers. 17-19.-Sorrowing, yet rejoicing. I. THE CASE SUPPOSED. A. complete failure of all creature comforts. 1. Extremely unmual. Even the worst are seldom reduced to the bare boards of absolute privation (Ps. cxlv. 9; Matt. v. 45). David confesses in old age that he had "never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed b…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 1.-Prayer and rproise. This chapter records the remarkable, "prayer" or "ode" of Habakk:uk. The superscription contained. in the first verse and a cursory glance at the chapter as thus described me.y be found suggestive of important teachings respecting the sacred exercises of prayer …
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Vers. 3-18.-God in histoi-y. On reading these verses containing the ode of Habakknk we find that they abound in historical allusions. The prophet recalled to mind the Divine interpositions both in mercy and in judgment which had taken place in the b~·gone days, and in the light of them contemplated the position and …
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Yot in evil to men is goorl for mnn. 'fhen let our heart be holder, For more and more shall e.ppee.r the plan Ae the wor]J e.nd we grow older." (T. T. Lynch.) Dy a process of Divine ovolutiJn, God causes the upheavings and commotions of al\ kinds which occur in the history of the world to result in the good of huma…
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is in this way that he makes his power felt; that he indicates his· superiority to man and his independence of him (IS&. xl. 13, 14). (3) That whilst much is thus concealed, everything essential to ma.n's salvation is clearly unfolded. Ill. GoD SOMETIMES CAUSES LIGHT TO FALL UPON BIS BIDDEN WAYS AND REVEALS HIMSELF…
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or Rn Rngel's wing; and so our sorrows, when interpreted in the light of this gracious design of our God, become changed into blessings. 'rhe thought that God is witl, us in our darkest experiences, working for our salvation and to secure to us tlw highest good, that the narrow path through which he, our Captain, cause…
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places" be communed with bis God. Even so we should believe that, as his life terminated, he calmly departed in peace, having seen God's salvation. And all faithful servants of Heaven shall find that when heart and flesh fail, God will be the Strength of their hearts and their Portion for ever, Happy, tbeu, in life and…
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Vere. 3-16.-God poetically portrayed 0/IUl practie,a,lly remembered. "God came from Teman, and tho Holy One from Mount Paran. Selab," etc. The Bible contains n111ny grand songs and odes. There is the song that Moses taught Israel to sin<> (Exod. xv. 1). There is the triumphant Rong of Deborah and Barak (.J udg. v.).…
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high." "'l'h" mountains being the '.most prominent objects on the surface of the globe, Habakkuk rdtern.tcs in a somewhat prominent form wbt\t he had expressed in the eixth Vl'rse in order to preserve the impression of the tremendous character of the transactionH 10 illustrate which they had been figuratively introduce…
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Ver. 16.-Horror of God. "When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, tbat I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops." "Having finished the poetic rehearsal of the mighty acts …
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\'ere. 17-19.-TJ,e possibiliti,es in the life of a good man, ".Although the fig treo shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stall~: yet I will rejoice in t…
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THEl!'E PA.OR A Parable of Woes: 4. Woe to the A Prophet's Burden 4 Insolent! 33 The Le.mentation of a Good Man 6 A Parable of Woes: 5. Woe to the Jndgment on the Wing 7 Idolatrous! 34 The Triumph of Faith 9 The Temple of Jehovah 34 The Title 11 Waiting for the Vision 35 The Elegy 11 The Life of Faith ... 36 The Divine…
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