Habakkuk 1:5-11 | DiscipleDeck

Bible Commentary

Habakkuk 1:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

§ 3. To this appeal answers that he will send the Chaldeans to punish the evil doers with a terrible vengeance; but rinse, his instruments, shall themselves offend by pride and impiety.

The Daily Devotional

One devotional. Every morning.

The full reading, the passage behind it, and where to go deeper — in your inbox before the day starts. No ads, ever.

We'll send one email to confirm it's really you. Unsubscribe in one tap, any time.

Continue tomorrow

Turn Bible study into a daily habit

Read today's devotional, save your progress, and receive a gentle daily reminder.

Read today's devotional Save my progress

More for Habakkuk 1:5-11

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Habakkuk 1 — OverviewHabakkuk 1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter, I. The prophet complains to God of the violence done by the abuse of the sword of justice among his own people and the hardships thereby put upon many good people, ver. 1-4. II. God by him…Habakkuk 1 — OverviewHabakkuk 1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeHabakkuk 1:1, Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land, Habakkuk 1:5, is shewn the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans; Habakkuk 1:12, He complains that vengeance should be executed by them who are far…Habakkuk 1 — OverviewHabakkuk 1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis book is called, in the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions, "the Prophecy of Habakkuk". Of this prophet, Aben Ezra and Kimchi say, we know neither his age nor his family; which shows they paid no regard to a…Habakkuk 1:5-11Habakkuk 1:5-11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an answer to the prophet's complaint, giving him assurance that, though God bore long, he would not bear always with this provoking people; for the day of vengeance was in his heart, and he must…Habakkuk 1:5Habakkuk 1:5 · The Pulpit CommentaryBehold ye among the heathen; the nations. God, in answer, bids the prophet and his people look among the nations for those who shall punish the iniquities of which he complains. I will use a heathen nation, he says, as…Habakkuk 1:5-10Habakkuk 1:5-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe doom of a nation of conventional religionists. "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. For, lo, I…