Habakkuk:2:2-20
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And the LORD answered me ,
and said ,
Write the vision ,
and make [
it ]
plain upon tablets ,
that he may run (
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Write it in great letters ,
that he that runneth may read it .(:
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that readeth it .
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For the vision [
is ]
yet for an appointed time ,
but at the (
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Which contained the destruction of the enemy ,
and the comfort of the Church .
And even though God does not execute this according to man '
s hasty affections ,
yet the issue of both is certain at his appointed time .(:
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end it shall speak ,
and not lie :
though it may tarry ,
wait for it ;
because it will surely come ,
it will not tarry .
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Behold , (
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To trust in himself ,
or in any worldly thing ,
is never to be at peace :
for the only rest is to trust in God by faith ; (
Rom_1
:17 ;
Gal_3
:11 ;
Heb_10
:38 ).(:
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his soul [
which ]
is lifted up is not upright in him :
but the just shall live by his faith .
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Yea also ,
because (
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He compares the proud and covetous man to a drunkard that is without reason and sense ,
whom God will punish and make a laughing stock to all the world :
and this he speaks for the comfort of the godly ,
and against the Chaldeans .(:
note )
he transgresseth by wine , [
he is ]
a proud man ,
neither keepeth at home ,
who enlargeth his desire as hell ,
and [
is ]
as death ,
and cannot be satisfied ,
but gathereth to him all nations ,
and heapeth to him all people :
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Shall not all these take up a parable against him ,
and a taunting proverb against him ,
and say ,
Woe to him that increaseth [
that which is ]
not his ! (
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Signifying that all the world will wish the destruction of tyrants ,
and that by their oppression and covetousness ,
they heap but upon themselves more heavy burdens :
for the more they get ,
the more are they troubled .(:
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how long ?
and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay !
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Shall (
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That is ,
the Medes and persians ,
that would destroy the Babylonians ?(:
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they not rise suddenly that shall bite thee ,
and awake that shall oppress thee ,
and thou shalt be for booty to them ?
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Because thou hast spoyled many nations ,
all the remnant of the people shal spoyle thee ,
because of mens blood ,
and for the wrong done in the land ,
in the citie ,
and vnto all that dwell therein .
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Ho ,
he that coueteth an euil couetousnesse to his house ,
that he may set his nest on hie ,
to escape from the power of euil .
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Thou (
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Signifying that the covetous man is the ruin of his own house ,
when he thinks to enrich it be cruelty and oppression .(:
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gavest shameful counsel to thy house by cutting off many people ,
and hast sinned [
against ]
thy soul .
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For the (
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The stones of the house will cry ,
and say that they are built from blood ,
and the wood will answer and say the same of itself .(:
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stone shall cry out of the wall ,
and the beam out of the timber shall answer it .
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Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with blood ,
and erecteth a citie by iniquitie .
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Behold , [
is it ]
not from the (
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Meaning ,
that God will not defer his vengeance long ,
but will come and destroy all their labours ,
as though they were consumed with fire .(:
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LORD of hosts that the people shall labour [
only ]
for fire ,
and the nations shall weary themselves for nothing ?
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For the earth shall (
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In the destruction of the Babylonians his glory will appear through all the world .(:
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be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD ,
as the waters cover the sea .
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Woe to him that giveth his neighbour (
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He reproaches by this the king of Babylon ,
who as he was drunken with covetousness and cruelty ,
so he provoked others to the same ,
and inflamed them by his madness ,
and so in the end brought them to shame .(:
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drink ,
that puttest thy bottle to [
him ],
and makest [
him ]
drunk also ,
that thou mayest look on their nakedness !
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Thou art filled with shame (
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Whereas you thought to have the glory of these your doings ,
they will turn to your shame :
for you will drink of the same cup with others in your turn .(:
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for glory :
drink thou also ,
and let thy shame come upon thee :
the cup of the LORD '
S right hand shall be turned to thee ,
and utter shame [
shall be ]
on thy glory .
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For the (
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Because the Babylonians were cruel not only against other nations ,
but also against the people of God ,
which is meant by Lebanon and the beast in it ,
he shows that the same cruelly will be executed against them .(:
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violence of Lebanon shall cover thee ,
and the spoil of beasts , [
which ]
made them afraid ,
because of men '
s blood ,
and for the violence of the land ,
of the city ,
and of all that dwell in it .
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What profiteth the graven (
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He shows that the Babylonian gods could not help them at all ,
for they were but blocks or stones . {{
See Jer_10
:8 }}(:
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image that its maker hath engraved it ;
the molten image ,
and a teacher of lies ,
that the maker of his work trusteth in it ,
to make dumb idols ?
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Woe to him that saith to the wood ,
Awake ;
to the dumb stone ,
Arise ,
it shall teach ! (
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If you will consider what it is ,
and how it has neither breath nor life ,
but is a dead thing .(:
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Behold ,
it [
is ]
laid over with gold and silver ,
and [
there is ]
no breath at all within it .
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But the Lord is in his holy Temple :
let all the earth keepe silence before him .