Habakkuk 1
1
Habakkuk’s First Question
1This is the vision # 1:1 Or “burdensome vision.” The Hebrew term massaʾ denotes primarily an “oracle” or “vision” but may also denote a “burden.” It can refer to visionary messages containing either warnings of doom (e.g., Isa. 15:1; 19:1; 22:1) or messages of hope (e.g., Zech. 9:1; 12:1; Mal. 1:1). The text is clear that Habakkuk did not merely receive this vision but “saw” it (Hb. chazah) with his own eyes, perhaps in a trance or an ecstatic prophetic encounter. of Habakkuk the prophet:
2Yahweh, how long must I cry for help
and you turn a deaf ear?
My heart cries out, “Save us from this brutality!”
but you do not save.
3Why do you make me stare at injustice? # 1:3 It is difficult to find an English word equivalent to ʾawen. It has the nuance of “panting/striving for something for naught”—putting a tremendous amount of work into something and having it unravel before your eyes.
Why do you tolerate such trouble and wrongdoing?
Destruction and violence surround me;
strife and conflict # 1:3 The word translated “conflict” here (Hb. madon) has a root sense of a capricious, arbitrary use of coercive force by authorities. are everywhere.
4Therefore, the law is not enforced, # 1:4 Or “the law is slack [feeble, crippled]”—that is, twisted justice goes forth.
and so justice never prevails.
The wicked overwhelm the righteous
so that justice is perverted.
Yahweh’s Answer
5“Look at the nations and observe—
you’ll be stunned by what you see.
For while you watch, I am about to do something
so surprising in your days that you would not believe it
even if you were told. # 1:5 See Acts 13:41. This is an example of the Holy Spirit infusing with fresh meaning a passage that seemed one-dimensional to the original recipients. The “something” God was about to do in Habakkuk’s day was to raise up the Babylonians to invade their land. Yet, the Holy Spirit has a “context of inspiration” and has applied the verse to the miracle of Christ’s resurrection as well. We must never limit Scripture to only one interpretation or application.
6I am raising up the Babylonians to punish you # 1:6 Or “the Chaldeans,” who were originally the inhabitants of southern Babylonia. The Babylonians had lived in lower Mesopotamia for many centuries, but through their recent conquest of Assyria, they had ascended to become a world power for the first time. —
that fierce and fearsome people,
who sweep across the whole earth
to seize houses they do not own.
7They are a feared and dreaded people.
In their autocratic arrogance, # 1:7 Or “In promoting their own honor.”
they become a law unto themselves.
8Their horses are swifter than leopards,
fiercer than wolves on the prowl at dusk. # 1:8 Or “fiercer than evening wolves.” See Matt. 7:15; Acts 20:29.
Their cavalry charges headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They soar swiftly like an eagle swooping to devour.
9Their armies invade, intent on violent conquest.
Their terrifying hordes advance like a desert wind # 1:9 The ambiguity of the Hebrew of this line results in uncertainty. The Hebrew term qadimah can either denote the meaning of “forward” or refer to the “wind from the east.” In the Mediterranean world, the east wind originating from the Arabian desert is highly destructive, given that it is very dry and fiercely hot and can wreak havoc on the agricultural lands of Israel and magnify the impact of devastating bushfires.
and gather prisoners as numerous as grains of sand.
10They are a people who mock kings
and scoff at those in authority. # 1:10 See 2 Chron. 36:6.
They laugh at every stronghold;
they pile up earthen siege ramps and capture them.
11Then they hurry on, like the wind that blows by and disappears.
They are guilty men who worship their own power
as if it were a god.”
Habakkuk’s Second Question
12Yahweh, have you not always been the everlasting God?
You are my God, my Holy One, who will not die. # 1:12 As translated from an ancient scribal tradition. The Masoretic Text is “we will not die,” that is, God would not let them be destroyed. The Hebrew phrase is loʾ namut, which translates to “we shall not die.” This phrase “is one of the eighteen passages in the OT called tiqqune sopherim, ‘corrections of the Scribes’ by the Masoretes [producers of the Masoretic Text]. The scribes were supposed to have corrected the original reading. The original reading of the passage was probably loʾ tamut—‘you shall not die,’ referring to God. Even though there is no manuscript or version support for tamut, it is probably the best reading” (Ralph Smith, Micah–Malachi, Word Biblical Commentary, vol. 32 [Dallas, TX: Word Books, 1984], 103; diacritics removed for consistency).
Yahweh, you have appointed the Babylonians to execute judgment;
my Rock, you have raised them up
so they can punish us.
13Your eyes are so pure that you cannot stand the sight of evil; # 1:13 Or “Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil [favorably].”
nor do you look on wickedness with favor.
Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?
Why are you so silent while sinners
devour those more righteous than themselves?
14Have you only made us like fish,
to be caught and killed by the wicked;
like swarming schools of fish with no ruler?
15Then the Babylonians pull them up with fishhooks
and drag them in with their nets.
Gleefully, they gather them up in their dragnets,
shouting for joy over their catch. # 1:15 Or “He gathers [they gather] them up in his dragnet [their dragnets]; therefore, he rejoices [they rejoice] and is [are] glad.” See Isa. 19:8.
16They even offer sacrifices and burn incense
in honor of their nets, as if these were gods.
For their nets # 1:16 The nets in this passage are used metaphorically for the weapons of the Babylonians and their military might. enable them to live luxuriously
and eat the finest food.
17How long will you allow them
to fill and empty their throw nets? # 1:17 Or “How long are they going to use their swords?”
Will they forever destroy nations without mercy? # 1:17 See Isa. 14:6.
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1
Habakkuk’s First Question
1This is the vision # 1:1 Or “burdensome vision.” The Hebrew term massaʾ denotes primarily an “oracle” or “vision” but may also denote a “burden.” It can refer to visionary messages containing either warnings of doom (e.g., Isa. 15:1; 19:1; 22:1) or messages of hope (e.g., Zech. 9:1; 12:1; Mal. 1:1). The text is clear that Habakkuk did not merely receive this vision but “saw” it (Hb. chazah) with his own eyes, perhaps in a trance or an ecstatic prophetic encounter. of Habakkuk the prophet:
2Yahweh, how long must I cry for help
and you turn a deaf ear?
My heart cries out, “Save us from this brutality!”
but you do not save.
3Why do you make me stare at injustice? # 1:3 It is difficult to find an English word equivalent to ʾawen. It has the nuance of “panting/striving for something for naught”—putting a tremendous amount of work into something and having it unravel before your eyes.
Why do you tolerate such trouble and wrongdoing?
Destruction and violence surround me;
strife and conflict # 1:3 The word translated “conflict” here (Hb. madon) has a root sense of a capricious, arbitrary use of coercive force by authorities. are everywhere.
4Therefore, the law is not enforced, # 1:4 Or “the law is slack [feeble, crippled]”—that is, twisted justice goes forth.
and so justice never prevails.
The wicked overwhelm the righteous
so that justice is perverted.
Yahweh’s Answer
5“Look at the nations and observe—
you’ll be stunned by what you see.
For while you watch, I am about to do something
so surprising in your days that you would not believe it
even if you were told. # 1:5 See Acts 13:41. This is an example of the Holy Spirit infusing with fresh meaning a passage that seemed one-dimensional to the original recipients. The “something” God was about to do in Habakkuk’s day was to raise up the Babylonians to invade their land. Yet, the Holy Spirit has a “context of inspiration” and has applied the verse to the miracle of Christ’s resurrection as well. We must never limit Scripture to only one interpretation or application.
6I am raising up the Babylonians to punish you # 1:6 Or “the Chaldeans,” who were originally the inhabitants of southern Babylonia. The Babylonians had lived in lower Mesopotamia for many centuries, but through their recent conquest of Assyria, they had ascended to become a world power for the first time. —
that fierce and fearsome people,
who sweep across the whole earth
to seize houses they do not own.
7They are a feared and dreaded people.
In their autocratic arrogance, # 1:7 Or “In promoting their own honor.”
they become a law unto themselves.
8Their horses are swifter than leopards,
fiercer than wolves on the prowl at dusk. # 1:8 Or “fiercer than evening wolves.” See Matt. 7:15; Acts 20:29.
Their cavalry charges headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They soar swiftly like an eagle swooping to devour.
9Their armies invade, intent on violent conquest.
Their terrifying hordes advance like a desert wind # 1:9 The ambiguity of the Hebrew of this line results in uncertainty. The Hebrew term qadimah can either denote the meaning of “forward” or refer to the “wind from the east.” In the Mediterranean world, the east wind originating from the Arabian desert is highly destructive, given that it is very dry and fiercely hot and can wreak havoc on the agricultural lands of Israel and magnify the impact of devastating bushfires.
and gather prisoners as numerous as grains of sand.
10They are a people who mock kings
and scoff at those in authority. # 1:10 See 2 Chron. 36:6.
They laugh at every stronghold;
they pile up earthen siege ramps and capture them.
11Then they hurry on, like the wind that blows by and disappears.
They are guilty men who worship their own power
as if it were a god.”
Habakkuk’s Second Question
12Yahweh, have you not always been the everlasting God?
You are my God, my Holy One, who will not die. # 1:12 As translated from an ancient scribal tradition. The Masoretic Text is “we will not die,” that is, God would not let them be destroyed. The Hebrew phrase is loʾ namut, which translates to “we shall not die.” This phrase “is one of the eighteen passages in the OT called tiqqune sopherim, ‘corrections of the Scribes’ by the Masoretes [producers of the Masoretic Text]. The scribes were supposed to have corrected the original reading. The original reading of the passage was probably loʾ tamut—‘you shall not die,’ referring to God. Even though there is no manuscript or version support for tamut, it is probably the best reading” (Ralph Smith, Micah–Malachi, Word Biblical Commentary, vol. 32 [Dallas, TX: Word Books, 1984], 103; diacritics removed for consistency).
Yahweh, you have appointed the Babylonians to execute judgment;
my Rock, you have raised them up
so they can punish us.
13Your eyes are so pure that you cannot stand the sight of evil; # 1:13 Or “Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil [favorably].”
nor do you look on wickedness with favor.
Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?
Why are you so silent while sinners
devour those more righteous than themselves?
14Have you only made us like fish,
to be caught and killed by the wicked;
like swarming schools of fish with no ruler?
15Then the Babylonians pull them up with fishhooks
and drag them in with their nets.
Gleefully, they gather them up in their dragnets,
shouting for joy over their catch. # 1:15 Or “He gathers [they gather] them up in his dragnet [their dragnets]; therefore, he rejoices [they rejoice] and is [are] glad.” See Isa. 19:8.
16They even offer sacrifices and burn incense
in honor of their nets, as if these were gods.
For their nets # 1:16 The nets in this passage are used metaphorically for the weapons of the Babylonians and their military might. enable them to live luxuriously
and eat the finest food.
17How long will you allow them
to fill and empty their throw nets? # 1:17 Or “How long are they going to use their swords?”
Will they forever destroy nations without mercy? # 1:17 See Isa. 14:6.
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