Volume III
The Book of the Prophet Habakkuk.
With John Brown’s marginal references, notes and reflections · Vol. III, p. ?
This prophet might prophesy about the same time with Jeremiah, or perhaps during the reign of Manasseh. After complaining of the wickedness of the Jews and Chaldeans, he is divinely informed of their respective ruin: and in his prayer celebrates the power and majesty of God, and professes his joy in him.
[Habakkuk is generally believed, and apparently with good reason, to have prophesied soon after the fall of Nineveh, inasmuch as he speaks of the Chaldeans, ch. 1. 6, and not of the Assyrians; and when he speaks of the Chaldeans, he speaks of a people little known, as appears from the particular description he gives of their dispositions, habits, and power, ch. 1. 7-10. It farther appears that he prophesied before the captivity of the ten tribes, ch. 1. 5; 2. 1; 3. 2, 16-19. The Jews think he prophesied in the time of Manasseh, and that he describes the wickedness of his reign, see ch. 1. 3, 4. He foretold the destruction of the Chaldeans, as Nahum did that of the Assyrians. His prophecy is quoted or referred to Ac. 2. 4; 13. 41; Ro. 1. 17; Ga. 3. 11; He. 10. 37, 38. C.]