Habakkuk in the King James Version

Chapters

• 1
• 2
• 3

About Habakkuk

From Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary.

The subject of this prophecy is the destruction of Judea and Jerusalem for the sins of the people, and the consolation of the faithful under national calamities.

Chapter by chapter

Matthew Henry's summary of each chapter.

Habakkuk 1. The wickedness of the land. The fearful vengeance to be executed. (1-11) These judgments to be inflicted by a nation more wicked than themselves. (12-17)

Habakkuk 2. Habakkuk must wait in faith. (1-4) Judgments upon the Chaldeans. (5-14) Also upon drunkenness and idolatry. (15-20)

Habakkuk 3. The prophet beseeches God for his people. (1-2) He calls to mind former deliverances. (3-15) His firm trust in the Divine mercy. (16-19)