Habakkuk 1:12
Art not thou from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast established it for judgment, and he has formed me to chasten with his correction.
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Deuteronomy 32:4As for God, his works are true, and all his ways are + 32:4 Gr. judgments.judgment: God is faithful, and there is no unrighteousness in him; just and holy is the Lord.
Deuteronomy 33:27And the rule of God shall protect thee, and that under the strength of the everlasting arms; and he shall cast forth the enemy from before thy face, saying, Perish.
2 Kings 19:25I have brought about the matter, I have brought it to a conclusion; and it is come to the + 19:25 Gr. captivities.destruction of the bands of warlike prisoners, even of strong cities.
Psalms 18:1For the end, a Psalm of David.
Psalms 90:1Praise of a Song, by David. He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven.
Psalms 93:2Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 1:6-12
Judgment Predicted. ( b. c. 600.) 5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more… Read the whole commentary →