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Habakkuk 2

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Introduction

1:1 (a-0) * Said to mean. 'Embracing.'

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Verse 3

2:3 delay. (b-34) Or 'be behindhand.'

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Verse 5

2:5 man, (c-11) Geber . Job 3:3 . desire (d-20) Or 'appetite;' lit. 'soul.' see Isaiah 5:14 .

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Verse 6

2:6 pledges! (e-39) There is a play on the word, which may also mean 'thick clay.' So in ver. 7 'bite' may mean 'exact usury of.' cf. Jeremiah 8:17 ; Ezekiel 22:12 .

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Verse 10

2:10 against (f-16) Or 'endangered.'

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Verse 13

2:13 nations (g-18) Leummim , Psalms 2:1 . vain? (h-22) Or 'to no purpose.' see Jeremiah 51:58 ; Isaiah 30:7 .

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Verse 15

2:15 flask, (i-14) Or 'thy poison,' 'thy fury.'

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Verse 16

2:16 of (k-7) Or 'more than with.' foreskin (l-15) Or 'thine uncircumcision.'

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Verse 17

2:17 afraid; (m-18) Or 'shall affright thee.' land, (a-30) Or 'earth.'

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Bibliographical Information
Darby, John. "Commentary on Habakkuk 2". "John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/dsn/habakkuk-2.html. 1857-67.

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