the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Habakuk 1:16
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Itulah sebabnya dipersembahkannya korban untuk pukatnya dan dibakarnya korban untuk payangnya; sebab oleh karena alat-alat itu pendapatannya mewah dan rezekinya berlimpah-limpah.
Dan sebab itu dipersembahkannya korban kepada pukatnya, dan dibakarnya dupa bagi jaringnya, karena olehnya juga bahagiannya sudah jadi gemuk dan makanannyapun sudah jadi lemak.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
they: Habakkuk 1:11, Deuteronomy 8:17, Isaiah 10:13-15, Isaiah 37:24, Ezekiel 28:3, Ezekiel 29:3, Daniel 4:30, Daniel 5:23
plenteous: or, dainty, Heb. fat
Reciprocal: Judges 7:2 - Mine own Judges 16:24 - praised 1 Samuel 5:2 - of Dagon 1 Samuel 30:23 - which the Lord Job 21:7 - Wherefore Job 31:25 - because Ezekiel 28:4 - General Daniel 1:2 - and he Hosea 2:8 - she Hosea 12:8 - I have Amos 4:2 - he will Amos 6:13 - which Luke 12:19 - Soul Romans 1:21 - they glorified 1 Timothy 6:17 - that they
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And God made the firmament, and set the diuision betwene the waters which [were] vnder the firmament, and the waters that [were] aboue the firmament: and it was so.
And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.
And God saide: let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together into one place, and let the drye lande appeare: and it was so.
And the earth brought forth [both] bud and hearbe apt to seede after his kynde, and tree yeeldyng fruite, whiche hath seede in it selfe, after his kynde.
And God sayde: let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they may deuide the day and the nyght, and let them be for signes, & seasons, and for dayes, and yeres.
Yea, and lest thou lift vp thyne eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne, the moone, and the starres, with all the hoast of heauen, shouldest be driuen to worship them, & serue them, and shouldest worship and serue the thynges, which the Lorde thy God hath made to serue all nations vnder the whole heauen.
Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysing of the sunne? or had I the goyng downe of the moone in great reputation?
Where wast thou when the morning starres praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced triumphantly?
For I will consider thy heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers: the moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned.
His settyng foorth is from the vtmost part of heauen, and his circuite vnto the vtmost part therof: and there is nothing hyd from his heat.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag,.... Either to their idols, to fortune and the stars, as Aben Ezra; imagining they gave them success, and prospered them in the arts and methods they used: or to their arms, as the Targum; nor was it unusual with the Heathens to worship their spears, sacrifice to them, and swear by them g. So Justin says h, originally the ancients worshipped spears for gods, in memory of whose religion spears are still added to the images of the gods. Lucian i asserts that the Scythians sacrificed to a scimitar; and Arnobius k says the same; and Ammianus Marcellinus l reports, that the Quadi worship their swords or daggers instead of gods; and that it was usual to swear by the spear is evident from others m. Or else the sense is, they sacrificed to their own valour and courage, skill and conduct.
Because by them their portion [is] fat, and their meat plenteous: that is, by their angle, net, and drag; or by those things signified by them, the arts and methods they used to subdue nations, conquer kingdoms, and bring them into subjection to them; they enlarged their dominions, increased their riches and revenues, and had plenty of everything that was desirable for food and raiment, for pleasure and profit; or to gratify the most unbounded ambition, having everything that heart could wish for and desire: the allusion is to making sumptuous feasts, and rich banquets, on occasion of victories obtained.
g Vid. Doughtaei Analect. Sacra, p. 494, 495. h E Trogo, l. 43. c. 3, 4. i In Jupiter Tragoedus. k Adv. Gentes, l. 6. p. 232. l Hist. l. 17. m ομνυσι δ'ουιχμην, Aeschylus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag - literally he sacrifices unto his, etc. Whatever a man trusts in is his god. If a man relies to compass his end by his strength, or his wisdom, or his forethought, or his wealth, his armies or navies, these his forces are his God. So the Assyrian said Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:15, “By the strength of my hand I did it; and by my wisdom, for I am prudent;” and God answered, “Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith?” The coarse forms of idolatry only embody outwardly the deep inward idolatry of the corrupt human mind. The idol is Ezekiel 14:4 “set up in the heart” first. There have not indeed been lacking savage nations, who in very deed worshiped their arms ; those of old worshiped spears as immortal gods ; Even now we are told of some North American Indians “who designate their bow and arrow as the only beneficent deities whom they know.”
Among the civilized Romans, the worship of the eagles, their standards to whom they did sacrifice , was no other nor better. The inward idolatry is only a more subtle form of the same sin, the evil spirit which shapes itself in the outward show. Here the idolatry of self is meant, which did not join creatures with God as objects of worship; but denying, Him in practice or misbelief, became aged to itself . So Habakkuk had said, this his strength is his God. His idol was himself.
Because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous - literally, is in the English margin, well-fed). All the choicest things of the world stood at his command, as Nebuchadnezzar boasted (Daniel 4:30, compare 22), and all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, all the knowledge and wisdom and learning of the world, and the whole world itself, were Satan’s lawful prey Luke 4:6; John 12:31; Isaiah 49:24 Cyril: “Nebuchadnezzar, as by a hook and meshes and line, swept into his own land both Israel himself and other nations, encompassing them. Satan, as it were, by one line and net, that of sin, enclosed all, and Israel especially, on account of his impiety to Christ. “His food was choice.” For Israel was chosen above the rest, as from a holy root, that of the fathers, and having the “law as a schoolmaster,” and being called to the knowledge of the one true God. Yet he, having this glory and grace, was taken with the rest. They became his prey by error; but Israel, knowing Him who is by nature God, in an ungodly manner, slaying Him who was by nature His Begotten Son and who came as Man, were taken in his nets.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Habakkuk 1:16. They sacrifice unto their net — He had no God; he cared for none; and worshipped only his armour and himself. King Mezentius, one of the worst characters in the AEneid of Virgil, is represented as invoking his own right hand and his spear in battle. AEn. x. 773.
Dextra mihi Deus, et telum quod missile libro,
Nunc adsint.
"My strong right hand and sword, assert my stroke.
Those only gods Mezentius will invoke."
DRYDEN.
And Capaneus, in Statius, gives us a more decisive proof of this self-idolatry. Thebaid, lib. x.
Ades, O mihi dextera tantum
Tu praeses belli, et inevitabile Numen,
Te voco, te solum Superum contemptor adoro.
"Only thou, my right hand, be my aid; I contemn the gods, and adore thee as the chief in battle, and the irresistible deity."
The poet tells us that, for his impiety, Jupiter slew him with thunder.
This was an ancient idolatry in this country, and has existed till within about a century. There are relics of it in different parts of Europe; for when military men bind themselves to accomplish any particular purpose, it is usual to lay their hand upon their sword: but formerly they kissed it, when swearing by it. With most heroes, the sword is both their Bible and their God. To the present day it is a custom among the Hindoos annually to worship the implements of their trades. See WARD.
