and thou wilt not save: Psalms 22:1-2; Jeremiah 14:9; Lamentations 3:8
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Habakkuk 1:2
Habakkuk 1:2
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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 1:1-4Habakkuk 1:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe are told no more in the title of this book (which we have, v. 1)
than that the penman was a prophet, a man divinely inspired and
commissioned, which is enough (if that be so, we need not ask
concerning his…Habakkuk 1:1-4Habakkuk 1:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe cry of a good man under the perplexing procedure of God.
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