Chapter 1:
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Introduction 1 2 3 Nahum Zephaniah
Habakkuk 1
Concise Complete
The wickedness of the land. The fearful vengeance to be
executed. (1-11) These judgments to be inflicted by a nation more wicked than
themselves. (12-17)
Verses 1-11 The
servants of the Lord are deeply afflicted by seeing ungodliness and violence
prevail; especially among those who profess the truth. No man scrupled doing
wrong to his neighbour. We should long to remove to the world where holiness and
love reign for ever, and no violence shall be before us. God has good reasons
for his long-suffering towards bad men, and the rebukes of good men. The day
will come when the cry of sin will be heard against those that do wrong, and the
cry of prayer for those that suffer wrong. They were to notice what was going
forward among the heathen by the Chaldeans, and to consider themselves a nation
to be scourged by them. But most men presume on continued prosperity, or that
calamities will not come in their days. They are a bitter and hasty nation,
fierce, cruel, and bearing down all before them. They shall overcome all that
oppose them. But it is a great offence, and the common offence of proud people,
to take glory to themselves. The closing words give a glimpse of comfort.
Verses 12-17
However matters may be, yet God is the Lord our God, our Holy One. We are an
offending people, he is an offended God, yet we will not entertain hard thoughts
of him, or of his service. It is great comfort that, whatever mischief men
design, the Lord designs good, and we are sure that his counsel shall stand.
Though wickedness may prosper a while, yet God is holy, and does not approve the
wickedness. As he cannot do iniquity himself, so he is of purer eyes than to
behold it with any approval. By this principle we must abide, though the
dispensations of his providence may for a time, in some cases, seem to us not to
agree with it. The prophet complains that God's patience was abused; and because
sentence against these evil works and workers was not executed speedily, their
hearts were the more fully set in them to do evil. Some they take up as with the
angle, one by one; others they catch in shoals, as in their net, and gather them
in their drag, their enclosing net. They admire their own cleverness and
contrivance: there is great proneness in us to take the glory of outward
prosperity to ourselves. This is idolizing ourselves, sacrificing to the
drag-net because it is our own. God will soon end successful and splendid
robberies. Death and judgment shall make men cease to prey on others, and they
shall be preyed on themselves. Let us remember, whatever advantages we possess,
we must give all the glory to God.
Chapter 1:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 Nahum Zephaniah
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
