Habakkuk 1:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

Habakkuk 1:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 39:5-9
But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. …
Jeremiah 52:25-27
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. …
Deuteronomy 5:19
Neither shalt thou steal.
Jeremiah 52:9-11
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. …
Deuteronomy 5:27
Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

Topics

Armies Babel Babylon Chaldea Government Israel, Prophecies Concerning Mesopotamia Nebuchadnezzar

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-11)

We have here an answer to the prophet’s complaint, giving him assurance that, though God bore long, he would not bear always with this provoking people; for the day of vengeance was in his heart, and he must tell them so, that they might by repentance and reformation turn away the judgment they were threatened with. I. The preamble to the sentence is very awful (Hab. 1:5): Behold, you among the he…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7. their judgment and ... dignity ... proceed of themselves--that is, they recognize no judge save themselves, and they get for themselves and keep their own “dignity” without needing others’ help. It will be vain for the Jews to complain of their tyrannical judgments; for whatever the Chaldeans decree they will do according to their own will, they will not brook anyone attempting to interfere.