,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger from etext #aeha prepared by ,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical ,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4 ,,the ,,holy ,,bible ,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate ,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,other ,editions in ,divers ,languages ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,douay ,a4,d4 #afji #afaj and ,,the ,,new ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,rheims ,a4,d4 #aehb ,with ,annotations ,the ,whole ,revised and ,diligently ,compared with the ,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard ,challoner ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb ,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,habacuc ,,habacuc was a native of ,bezocher1 and prophesied in ,,juda1 some time before the invasion of the ,,chaldeans1 which he foretold4 ,he lived to see this prophecy fulfilled1 and for many years after1 according to the general opinion1 which supposes him to be the same that was brought by the ,,angel to ,,daniel in ,,babylon1 ,dan4 #ad4 ,habacuc ,chapter #a ,the prophet complains of the wickedness of the people3 ,god reveals to him the vengeance he is going to take of them by the ,chaldeans4 #a3a4 ,the burden that ,habacuc the prophet saw4 ,burden444 ,such prophecies more especially are called burdens1 as threaten grievous evils and punishments4 #a3b4 ,how long1 ,o ,lord1 shall ,i cry1 and thou wilt not hear8 shall ,i cry out to thee suffering violence1 and thou wilt not save8 #a3c4 ,why hast thou shewn me iniquity and grievance1 to see rapine and injustice before me8 and there is a judgment1 but opposition is more powerful4 #a3d4 ,therefore the law is torn in pieces1 and judgment cometh not to the end3 because the wicked prevaileth against the just1 therefore wrong judgment goeth forth4 #a3e4 ,behold ye among the nations1 and see3 wonder1 and be astonished3 for a work is done in your days1 which no man will believe when it shall be told4 #a3f4 ,for behold1 ,i will raise up the ,chaldeans1 a bitter and swift nation1 marching upon the breadth of the earth1 to possess the dwelling places that are not their own4 #a3g4 ,they are dreadful1 and terrible3 from themselves shall their judgment1 and their burden proceed4 #a3h4 ,their horses are lighter than leopards1 and swifter than evening wolves2 and their horsemen shall be spread abroad3 for their horsemen shall come from afar1 they shall fly as an eagle that maketh haste to eat4 #a3i4 ,they shall all come to the prey1 their face is like a burning wind3 and they shall gather together captives as the sand4 #a3aj4 ,and their prince shall triumph over kings1 and princes shall be his laughingstock3 and he shall laugh at every strong hold1 and shall cast up a mount1 and shall take it4 #a3aa4 ,then shall his spirit be changed1 and he shall pass1 and fall3 this is his strength of his god4 ,then shall his spirit1 etc444 ,viz41 the spirit of the king of ,babylon4 ,it alludes to the judgment of ,god upon ,nabuchodonosor1 recorded ,dan4 #d41 and to the speedy fall of the ,chaldean empire4 #a3ab4 ,wast thou not from the beginning1 ,o ,lord my ,god1 my holy one1 and we shall not die8 ,lord1 thou hast appointed him for judgment3 and made him strong for correction4 #a3ac4 ,thy eyes are too pure to behold evil1 and thou canst not look on iniquity4 ,why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things1 and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself8 #a3ad4 ,and thou wilt make men as the fishes of the sea1 and as the creeping things that have no ruler4 #a3ae4 ,he lifted up all them with his hook1 he drew them in his drag1 and gathered them into his net3 for this he will be glad and rejoice4 #a3af4 ,therefore will he offer victims to his drag1 and he will sacrifice to his net3 because through them his portion is made fat1 and his meat dainty4 #a3ag4 ,for this cause therefore he spreadeth his net1 and will not spare continually to slay the nations4 ,habacuc ,chapter #b ,the prophet is admonished to wait with faith4 ,the enemies of ,god's people shall assuredly be punished4 #b3a4 ,i will stand upon my watch1 and fix my foot upon the tower3 and ,i will watch1 to see what will be said to me1 and what ,i may answer to him that reproveth me4 ,will stand1 etc444 ,waiting to see what the ,lord will answer to my complaint1 viz41 that the ,chaldeans1 who are worse than the ,jews1 and who attribute all their success to their own strength1 or to their idols1 should nevertheless prevail over the people of the ,lord4 ,the ,lord's answer is1 that the prophet must wait with patience and faith3 that all should be set right in due time2 and the enemies of ,god and his people punished according to their deserts4 #b3b4 ,and the ,lord answered me1 and said3 ,write the vision1 and make it plain upon tables3 that he that readeth it may run over it4 #b3c4 ,for as yet the vision is far off1 and it shall appear at the end1 and shall notlie3 if it make any delay1 wait for it3 for it shall surely come1 and it shall not be slack4 #b3d4 ,behold1 he that is unbelieving1 his soul shall not be right in himself3 but the just shall live in his faith4 #b3e4 ,and as wine deceiveth him that drinketh it3 so shall the proud man be1 and he shall not be honoured3 who hath enlarged his desire like hell3 and is himself like death1 and he is never satisfied3 but will gather together unto him all nations1 and heap together unto him all people4 ,as wine deceiveth1 etc444 ,viz41 by affording only a short passing pleasure2 followed by the evils and disgrace that are the usual consequences of drunkenness2 so shall it be with the proud enemies of the people of ,god2 whose success affordeth them only a momentary pleasure1 followed by innumerable and everlasting evils4 #b3f4 ,shall not all these take up a parable against him1 and a dark speech concerning him3 and it shall be said3 ,woe to him that heapeth together that which is not his own8 how long also doth he load himself with thick clay8 ,thick clay444 ,ill-gotten goods1 that1 like mire1 both burden and defile the soul4 #b3g4 ,shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee3 and they be stirred up that shall tear thee1 and thou shalt be a spoil to them8 #b3h4 ,because thou hast spoiled many nations1 all that shall be left of the people shall spoil thee3 because of men's blood1 and for the iniquity of the land1 of the city1 and of all that dwell therein4 #b3i4 ,woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house1 that his nest may be on high1 and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil4 #b3aj4 ,thou hast devised confusion to thy house1 thou hast cut off many people1 and thy soul hath sinned4 #b3aa4 ,for the stone shall cry out of the wall3 and the timber that is between the joints of the building1 shall answer4 #b3ab4 ,woe to him that buildeth a town with blood1 and prepareth a city by iniquity4 #b3ac4 ,are not these things from the ,lord of hosts8 for the people shall labour in a great fire3 and the nations in vain1 and they shall faint4 ,are not these things1 etc444 ,that is1 shall not these punishments that are here recorded1 come from the ,lord upon him that is guilty of such crimes4-,ibid4 ,the people shall labour1 etc444 ,viz41 the enemies of ,god's people4 #b3ad4 ,for the earth shall be filled1 that men may know the glory of the ,lord1 as waters covering the sea4 #b3ae4 ,woe to him that giveth drink to his friend1 and presenteth his gall1 and maketh him drunk1 that he may behold his nakedness4 #b3af4 ,thou art filled with shame instead of glory3 drink thou also1 and fall fast asleep3 the cup of the right hand of the ,lord shall compass thee1 and shameful vomiting shall be on thy glory4 #b3ag4 ,for the iniquity of ,libanus shall cover thee1 and the ravaging of beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of men1 and the iniquity of the land1 and of the city1 and of all that dwell therein4 ,the iniquity of ,libanus444 ,that is1 the iniquity committed by the ,chaldeans against the temple of ,god1 signified here by the name of ,libanus4 #b3ah4 ,what doth the graven thing avail1 because the maker thereof hath graven it1 a molten1 and a false image8 because the forger thereof hath trusted in a thing of his own forging1 to make dumb idols4 #b3ai4 ,woe to him that saith to wood3 ,awake3 to the dumb stone3 ,arise3 can it teach8 ,behold1 it is laid over with gold1 and silver1 and there is no spirit in the bowels thereof4 #b3bj4 ,but the ,lord is in his holy temple3 let all the earth keep silence before him4 ,habacuc ,chapter #c #c3a4 ,a ,,prayer ,,of ,,habacuc ,,the ,,prophet ,,for ,,ignorances4 ,for ignorances444 ,that is1 for the sins of his people4 ,in the ,hebrew1 it is ,sigionoth3 which some take to signify a musical instrument1 or tune2 with which this sublime prayer and canticle was to be sung4 #c3b4 ,o ,lord1 ,i have heard thy hearing1 and was afraid4 ,o ,lord1 thy work1 in the midst of the years bring it to life3 ,in the midst of the years thou shalt make it known3 when thou art angry1 thou wilt remember mercy4 ,thy hearing1 etc444 ,that is1 thy oracles1 the great and wonderful things thou hast revealed to me2 and ,i was struck with a reverential fear and awe4-,ibid4 ,thy work444 ,the great work of the redemption of man1 which thou wilt bring to life and light in the midst of the years1 when our calamities and miseries shall be at their height4 #c3c4 ,god will come from the south1 and the holy one from mount ,pharan3 ,his glory covered the heavens1 and the earth is full of his praise4 ,god will come from the south1 etc444 ,god himself will come to give us his law1 and to conduct us into the true land of promise3 as heretofore he came from the ,south 7in the ,hebrew ,theman7 and from mount ,pharan to give his law to his people in the desert4 ,see ,deut4 #cc4b4 #c3d4 ,his brightness shall be as the light3 horns are in his hands3 ,there is his strength hid3 ,horns1 etc444 ,that is1 strength and power1 which1 by a ,hebrew phrase1 are called horns4 ,or beams of light1 which come forth from his hands4 ,or it may allude to the cross1 in the horns of which the hands of ,christ were fastened1 where his strength was hidden1 by which he overcame the world1 and drove out death and the devil4 #c3e4 ,death shall go before his face4 ,and the devil shall go forth before his feet4 ,death shall go before his face1 etc444 ,both death and the devil shall be the executioners of his justice against his enemies3 as they were heretofore against the ,egyptians and ,chanaanites4 #c3f4 ,he stood and measured the earth4 ,he beheld1 and melted the nations3 and the ancient mountains were crushed to pieces4 ,the hills of the world were bowed down by the journeys of his eternity4 ,he beheld1 etc444 ,one look of his eye is enough to melt all the nations1 and to reduce them to nothing4 ,for all heaven and earth disappear when they come before his light4 ,apoc4 #bj4aa4 ,ibid4 ,the ancient mountains1 etc444 ,by the mountains and hills are signified the great ones of the world1 that persecute the church1 whose power was quickly crushed by the ,almighty4 #c3g4 ,i saw the tents of ,ethiopia for their iniquity1 the curtains of the land of ,madian shall be troubled4 ,ethiopia444 the land of the ,blacks1 and ,madian1 are here taken for the enemies of ,god and his people3 who shall perish for their iniquity4 #c3h4 ,wast thou angry1 ,o ,lord1 with the rivers8 or was thy wrath upon the rivers8 or thy indignation in the sea8 ,who will ride upon thy horses3 and thy chariots are salvation4 ,with the rivers1 etc444 ,he alludes to the wonders wrought heretofore by the ,lord in favour of his people ,israel1 when the waters of the rivers1 viz41 of ,arnon and ,jordan1 and of the ,red ,sea1 retired before their face3 when he came as it were with his horses and chariots to save them when he took up his bow for their defence1 in consequene of the oath he had made to their tribes3 when the mountains trembled1 and the deep stood with its waves raised up in a heap1 as with hands lifted up to heaven3 when the sun and the moon stood still at his command1 etc41 to comply with his anger1 not against the rivers and sea1 but against the enemies of his people4 ,how much more will he do in favour of his ,son3 and against the enemies of his church8 #c3i4 ,thou wilt surely take up thy bow3 according to the oaths which thou hast spoken to the tribes4 ,thou wilt divide the rivers of the earth4 #c3aj4 ,the mountains saw thee1 and were grieved3 the great body of waters passed away4 ,the deep put forth its voice3 the deep lifted up its hands4 #c3aa4 ,the sun and the moon stood still in their habitation1 in the light of thy arrows1 they shall go in the brightness of thy glittering spear4 #c3ab4 ,in thy anger thou wilt tread the earth under foot3 in thy wrath thou wilt astonish the nations4 #c3ac4 ,thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people3 for salvation with thy ,christ4 ,thou struckest the head of the house of the wicked3 thou hast laid bare his foundation even to the neck4 ,the head of the house of the wicked444 ,such was ,pharao heretofore3 such shall ,antichrist be hereafter4 #c3ad4 ,thou hast cursed his sceptres1 the head of his warriors1 them that came out as a whirlwind to scatter me4 ,their joy was like that of him that devoureth the poor man in secret4 #c3ae4 ,thou madest a way in the sea for thy horses1 in the mud of many waters4 ,thou madest a way in the sea1 etc444 ,to deliver thy people from the ,egyptian bondage3 and thou shalt work the like wonders in the spiritual way1 to rescue the children of the church from their enemies4 #c3af4 ,i have heard and my bowels were troubled3 my lips trembled at the voice4 ,let rottenness enter into my bones1 and swarm under me4 ,that ,i may rest in the day of tribulation3 that ,i may go up to our people that are girded4 ,i have heard1 etc444 ,viz41 the evils that are now coming upon the ,israelites for their sins2 and that shall come hereafter upon all impenitent sinners2 and the foresight that ,i have of these miseries makes me willing to die1 that ,i may be at rest1 before this general tribulation comes1 in which all good things shall be withdrawn from the wicked4 ,ibid4 ,that ,i may go up to our people1 etc444 ,that ,i may join the happy company in the bosom of ,abraham1 that are girded1 that is1 prepared for their journey1 by which they shall attend their ,lord1 when he shall ascend into heaven4 ,to which high and happy place1 my ,jesus1 that is1 my ,saviour1 the great conqueror of death and hell1 shall one day conduct me rejoicing and singing psalms of praise1 ver4 #ah and #ai4 #c3ag4 ,for the fig tree shall not blossom3 and there shall be no spring in the vines4 ,the labour of the olive tree shall fail3 and the fields shall yield no food3 the flock shall be cut off from the fold1 and there shall be no herd in the stalls4 #c3ah4 ,but ,i will rejoice in the ,lord3 and ,i will joy in ,god my ,jesus4 #c3ai4 ,the ,lord ,god is my strength3 and he will make my feet like the feet of harts3 and he the conqueror will lead me upon my high places singing psalms4