John Gill Commentary Habakkuk 1:7

John Gill Commentary

Habakkuk 1:7

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Habakkuk 1:7

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves." — Habakkuk 1:7 (ASV)

They [are] terrible and dreadful
For the fierceness of their countenances; the number and valour of their troops; the splendour of their armour; the victories they had obtained, and the cruelty they had exercised; the fame of all which spread terror wherever they came:

their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves ;
they will not be directed and governed by any laws of God and man, but by their own; they will do according to their will and pleasure, and none will be able to gainsay and resist them; they will hear no reason or argument; their decrees and determinations they make of themselves shall be put into execution, and there will be no opposing their tyrannical measures;

they will usurp a power, and take upon them an authority over others of themselves, which all must submit unto; no mercy and pity: no goodness and humanity, are to be expected from such lawless and imperious enemies.