Habakkuk 1:3 BSB — MannaFest

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

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ASV

Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Habakkuk (420)

(Ver. 3, 4.) And judgment and contradiction become more powerful: therefore the law is torn apart and judgment does not reach its end: because the wicked prevail against the just, therefore a perverse judgment proceeds. LXX: Judgment has been made against me, and the judge accepts it: therefore the law is torn apart and judgment does not reach its end: because the wicked prevail against the just, therefore a perverse judgment proceeds.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold - , or rather, “Why beholdest Thou grievance?” God seemed to reverse what He had said by Balaam Num 23:21, “He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, and hath not seen grievousness in Israel”; and in the Psalms Psa 10:14, “Thou hast seen, for thou (emphatic) beholdest grievousness and wrong, to put it in Thy hand,” i. e., Thou layest it up in Thy hand, to cast it back on the head of the evildoer.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לָ֣מָּה	La.mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
תַרְאֵ֤נִי	tar.'E.ni	do you make see me	H7200 →
אָ֙וֶן֙	'a.ven	wickedness	H205 →
וְעָמָ֣ל	ve.'a.Mal	and mischief	H5999 →
תַּבִּ֔יט	ta.Bit	do you look at?	H5027 →
וְשֹׁ֥ד	ve.Shod	and devastation	H7701 →
וְחָמָ֖ס	ve.cha.Mas	and violence	H2555 →
לְנֶגְדִּ֑י	le.neg.Di	[are] to before me	H5048 →
וַיְהִ֧י	vay.Hi	and it has been	H1961 →
רִ֦יב	riv	strife	H7379 →
וּמָד֖וֹן	u.ma.Don	and contention	H4066 →
יִשָּֽׂא׃	yi.Sa'	it arises	H5375 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and…
leads to
- Psalms 12:5
  “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
- Ecclesiastes 4:1
  Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their…
- Ecclesiastes 3:16
  Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
- Matthew 13:41–42
  The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
- Psalms 82:1
  God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
Through
Jeremiah 20:8
For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:16
  But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- Jeremiah 6:10
  To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find…
- Jeremiah 5:15–17
  Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose…

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Where the connections lead

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06About Habakkuk

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Habakkuk