Abacuc 1:1

1 Oracolo che il profeta Habacuc ebbe per visione.

Abacuc 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".

Abacuc 1:1 In-Context

1 Oracolo che il profeta Habacuc ebbe per visione.

2 Fino a quando, o Eterno, griderò, senza che tu mi dia ascolto? Io grido a te: "Violenza!" e tu non salvi.

3 Perché mi fai veder l’iniquità, e tolleri lo spettacolo della perversità? e perché mi stanno dinanzi la rapina e la violenza? Vi son liti, e sorge la discordia.

4 Perciò la legge è senza forza e il diritto non fa strada, perché l’empio aggira il giusto, e il diritto n’esce pervertito.

5 Vedete fra le nazioni, guardate, maravigliatevi, e siate stupefatti! Poiché io sto per fare ai vostri giorni un’opera, che voi non credereste, se ve la raccontassero.