Habakkuk 1
Lutheran reading notes
In Habakkuk chapter 1, the prophetic message develops the theme of faith amid injustice and trust in God. Lutheran interpretation often highlights the contrast between divine judgment against sin and the promise of grace that God provides for those who trust in Him.
1
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
Habakkuk 1:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
2
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! {even} cry out unto thee {of} violence, and thou wilt not save!
Habakkuk 1:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
3
Why dost thou 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.
Habakkuk 1:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
4
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. {wrong: or, wrested}
Habakkuk 1:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
5
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}.
Habakkuk 1:5 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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. {breadth: Heb. breadths}
Habakkuk 1:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
7
They {are} terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. {their judgment...: or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity of these}
Habakkuk 1:7 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
8
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle {that} hasteth to eat. {fierce: Heb. sharp}
Habakkuk 1:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
9
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up {as} the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. {their...: or, the supping up of their faces, etc: or, their faces shall look (Heb. the opposition of their faces) toward the east}
Habakkuk 1:9 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
10
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Habakkuk 1:10 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
11
Then shall {his} mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, {imputing} this his power unto his god.
Habakkuk 1:11 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
12
{Art} thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. {mighty...: Heb. rock} {established: Heb. founded}
Habakkuk 1:12 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
13
{Thou art} of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, {and} holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth {the man that is} more righteous than he? {iniquity: or, grievance}
Habakkuk 1:13 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
14
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, {that have} no ruler over them? {creeping: or, moving}
Habakkuk 1:14 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
15
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. {drag: or, flue net}
Habakkuk 1:15 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
16
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion {is} fat, and their meat plenteous. {plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat}
Habakkuk 1:16 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
17
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Habakkuk 1:17 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.