Habacuque 1:1

1 O oráculo que o profeta Habacuque viu.

Habacuque 1:1 Meaning and Commentary

Habakkuk 1:1

The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
] This prophecy is called a "burden", or something took up and carried, being what the prophet received from the Lord, and went with to the people of the Jews, and was a heavy burdensome prophecy to them; declaring the calamities that should come upon them by the Chaldeans, who would invade their land, and carry them captive; and Habakkuk, that brought this account, is called a "prophet", to give the greater sanction to it; and it was what he had in vision from the Lord represented unto him, and therefore should be credited. Abarbinel inquires why Habakkuk should be called a prophet, when none of the lesser prophets are, excepting Haggai and Zechariah; and thinks the reason of it is, to give weight to his prophecy, since it might be suspected by some whether he was one; there being none of those phrases to be met with in this prophecy as in others, as "the word of the Lord came" or "thus saith the Lord".

Habacuque 1:1 In-Context

1 O oráculo que o profeta Habacuque viu.

2 Até quando Senhor, clamarei eu, e tu não escutarás? ou gritarei a ti: Violência! e não salvarás?

3 Por que razão me fazes ver a iniqüidade, e a opressão? Pois a destruição e a violência estão diante de mim; há também contendas, e o litígio é suscitado.

4 Por esta causa a lei se afrouxa, e a justiça nunca se manifesta; porque o ímpio cerca o justo, de sorte que a justiça é pervertida.

5 Vede entre as nações, e olhai; maravilhai-vos e admirai-vos; porque realizo em vossos dias uma obra, que vós não acreditareis, quando vos for contada.