Where the Fathers quote Hab 1
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1Hab 1:1
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:55…and again behold i am against thee saith the lord almighty and the burden which habakkuk the prophet did see this is the same as saying that he was seized and carried by the spirit and…
2Hab 1:2
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:75D…ed, hear again Habakkuk with a certain lamentation over such, indignant and saying: How long, O Lord, shall I cry, suffering injury, and thou wilt not hear? (Hab. 1:2–4); for he called the injuries of his nei…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:161…is true the prophet habakkuk will testify saying how long o lord shall i cry and thou wilt not hear i will cry to thee suffering violence and thou wilt not save why hast thou shown…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1253…in tears cried out to god how long o lord o lord shall i cry and thou wilt not hear shall i cry out to thee wronged and thou wilt not save why hast thou shown…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:847…full of the grace for this purpose vers how long o lord shall i cry and thou wilt not hear i shall cry out to thee suffering violence and thou wilt not save iii the prophet…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1811…habakkuk the prophet saw he immediately added vers how long o lord shall i cry and thou wilt not hear i shall cry out to thee having suffered violence and thou wilt not save why hast…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1359C…e cithara. They have completed their life in goods." Job xiii, 23. — "How many are my iniquities, and my sins, teach me. Why do You hide Yourself from me?" Habac. 1, 2 et seqq. — "How long, O Lord, shall I c…
Andronicus Callistus c. 1418-1478PG 161:1093A…d will You not deliver? Why have You shown me toils and pains, to look upon misery and impiety? Judgment has come against me, and the judge receives a bribe." ⟦Habac. I, 2⟧ And following this, He brings in the t…
3Hab 1:3
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:75D…made against me, and the judge takes it away. Therefore the law is rent, and judgment is not brought to the end, because the wicked prevails against the just (Hab. 1:3–4). By the same spirit also the most merc…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:455C…th, and there is no one among men who does what is right" (Mich. 7, 2). Another was speaking to God: "Why have you showed me labors and sorrows to look upon?" (Habac. 1, 3). And concerning those who were being o…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:263D…hou hast made us few beyond all nations (Dan. VII): and Amos, Spare, O Lord, upon this (Amos VII, 2): and Habakkuk, Why hast thou shown me labors and troubles (Habac. I, 3); and again, And thou art to make men a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:579A…ves. Similarly, every one of the prophets groans, and Habakkuk says: "Why have you showed me labors and sorrows, that I should look upon the miseries of men?" (Hab. 1:3). For the prophetic chorus saw iniquity…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1397A…You have turned aside from the way; you have made many weak. And I have given you up to be despised among all nations, because you accepted gifts in the law." Habac. i, 3. — "Judgment has come to pass, and the…
4Hab 1:4
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1107…r we also read in Job 23, 7: But he shall bring forth my judgment unto the end [or, to the light]; yet he brings forth judgment toward the end, and Habakkuk 1, 4: And judgment is not led forth unto the end. A passage is…
5Hab 1:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:215…in the prophets behold ye despisers and wonder and perish for i work a work in your days which ye will not believe though one tell it unto you h homily xxix h d see how…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:851…ye despisers and look and marvel at marvels and perish for i work a work in your days which you shall not believe if any one shall tell you vi when the prophet having complained of…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1811…despisers and look and wonder and see wonders and perish for i work a work in your days which you will not believe if any one tells it he calls those who are audacious in sinning…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:369…ye despisers and look and marvel and perish for i am working a work in your days which ye shall not believe even if one should tell it to you paul very fittingly took this citation…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:207…in the prophets behold you despisers and wonder and perish for i work a work in your days which you shall not believe though someone should declare it unto you and when they were gone out…
Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:875…d of the prophets: "Behold, you despisers, and wonder; for I work a work in your days, which you will not believe, if one should declare it unto you" (Hab. 1, 5). Therefore, the Holy Scripture calls Him a stone of stumbl…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:1269…in the prophets behold you despisers and marvel and perish for i work a work in your days which you will not believe even though one should declare it to you and isaiah cries out concerning…
6Hab 1:6
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1813…those who do not accept the remedy therefore behold i am raising up the chaldeans that bitter and hasty nation which marches upon the breadths of the earth to possess tabernacles not its own for you…
7Hab 1:7
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1279…7, 14 297 26, 14 1451 Abdie 1 331 41, 8 1456 18 363 55, 4 1463 Jonae 1 683 Ezech. 1, 4 1471 3, 3 686 1, 14 1474 4, 4 687 1, 16 1521 Nahum 1, 5 690 1, 25 1540 Habac. 1, 7, 9 722 6, 6 1542 1, 14 761 13, 18 1547…
12Hab 1:12
OrigenesPG 16:2983…heb art thou not from the beginning o lord my god my holy one we shall not die o lord for judgment thou hast placed him and as a rock to rebuke thou hast founded him…
OrigenesPG 16:2985…not from the beginning o lord my god my holy one and we shall not die o lord for judgment thou hast set him and he has fashioned me to reprove his discipline vul shalt thou…
13Hab 1:13
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:595B…es these words: Will you be silent while the ungodly devours the righteous, and you make men as the fish of the sea, and as creeping things having no ruler? (Habac. 1:13-14). Therefore, for this reason a rule…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:143…e, so as not to see evils, and you cannot look upon labors: this also he shows here, saying: Because the Lord is righteous and loves righteousness (Habakkuk 1:13). This is peculiar to God, to admit what is just, to embrac…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:435…v. 28). They used to say, Everyone who does evil is good before the Lord (Malach. 2. 17): these, on the contrary, Pure is your eye, to not look upon evil (Hab. 1. 13). They used to call others blessed, the…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:423B…training not just the act, but the very thought, which Habakkuk hinted at, saying: "Thy eye is [too] pure to see evil and to look upon the labors of pain" (Hab. I, 13). Furthermore, Socrates, teaching that…
14Hab 1:14
Hermas fl. c. 100-160 ADPG 2:885…ked. Thus far the illustrious Galland from Nourry and Cotelier. It has seemed to some that Jerome looked to this vexed passage of Hermas in book 1 on Habakkuk 1:14. Although other learned men may have thought otherwise. To…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:263…labors and troubles habac and again and thou art going to make men as the fishes of the sea ibid v and he will hear this blessed moses also saying if indeed thou forgivest them their…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1093…that the impious man tyrannizes over the just and you have made men as the fishes of the sea who devour one another he expresses this about such tolerance and permission as if there were a…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:863…be silent when the impious devoureth the just and wilt thou make men as the fishes of the sea and as the creeping things that have no leader xv after the prophet has predicted that the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1815…the one who is more righteous than him and will you make men as the fishes of the sea and as reptiles having no leader b in the beginning he set forth the question at hand…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1257…1. I, 1309. II, 806, 967. 4, 10-15. II, 1009. Explained regarding the Scythians. 5, 1. III, 589. 5, 2. IV, 16, 431. 6, 3. III, 38. 7, 9. II, 257. Habakkuk 1, 14. I, 1276. 2, 4. III, 375. 2, 14. I, 1407, 1581 (or 1580 ext…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1279…4 6, 19 1440 7, 14 70 2, 12 215 7, 3 1456 Abdie 18 82 3, 6 217 7, 9 1463 Jonae 2 85 3, 8 219 7, 17 1471 3, 3 92 3, 3 220 7, 18 1474 4, 4 94 4, 5 225 8, 9 1512 Habac. 1, 14 99 4, 9 bis. 227 8, 14 1576 Sophon 3, 9…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1209B…for a man to know that he is under power, he is in far greater danger if he commands men. TIT. XXII.—Of anarchy, or a people that lacks a shepherd. Habac. I, 14.—"You will make men like the fish of th…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:845…comparison to the chaldeans they are just verse and you will make men as the fishes of the sea and as the reptiles which have no leader by this long suffering he says and by the…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:431…be silent while the impious devours the just and will you make men as the fishes of the sea and as reptiles having no leader therefore you will not allow those who do these things through…
15Hab 1:15
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:453C…, 1–2). When, then, we do something wicked, He turns away. "For thy eye," he says, "is pure, so as not to see evil; and thou art not able to look upon labors" (Hab. I, 15). For this reason He turns away even th…
16Hab 1:16
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1503B…ss of the enemy, we guard against his pernicious machinations; for he says: "He goes about seeking whom he may devour" (I Pet. V, 8). "And his food is choice" (Habac. I, 16). Therefore, one must always be vigilan…