Where the Fathers quote Hab 2

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Expounded by the Fathers

Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:204expounds v.3“διοτι ετι ορασις εις καιρον και ανατελει εις περας και ουκ εις κενον· εαν υστερησῃ υπομεινον αυτον οτι ερχομενος ηξει και ου μη χρονισῃ.”On the Question of the Forerunner: «Are you the one who is to come?»

1Hab 2:1

2Hab 2:2

Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:439…would come and would not delay was prophesied by the prophets c and the lord answered me and said write the vision clearly on a tablet so that he who reads it may run for the… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:129A…ablet or a scroll, in which God records what needs to be told to His people. Accordingly, it is said to the prophet Habakkuk: "Write the vision upon a tablet" (Hab. ii, 2). For the saint, by looking into his ow… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:869…be silent when the wicked swallows up the just note h verses and the lord answered me and said write the vision and clearly on a boxwood tablet that he who reads it may run for… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1817…to offer to those who wish to learn such things from me and the lord answered me and said write the vision clearly upon a tablet so that he who reads it may run… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:851…stands unshaken not thrown into confusion by the irregularity of happenings vers and the lord answered me and said write the vision and clearly upon a boxwood tablet that he who reads it may pursue it… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:433…adds the revelation he had received regarding these things therefore he says and the lord answered me and said write the vision clearly upon a boxwood tablet so that he who reads it may run after…

3Hab 2:3

Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:41A…ure so often indicates Emmanuel. It was said, therefore, to the blessed prophet Habakkuk: "Yet a little while, he who is coming will come, and will not delay" (Hab. II, 3). And David also sings in one place: "B… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:869…spoken can ever be empty or vain h vers if it tarries wait for it because it will surely come and will not delay if he draws back my soul shall have no pleasure in him…

4Hab 2:4

5Hab 2:5

Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:805B…tend about such petty phrases and seek things beyond what was written at Nicaea, do nothing else than "give their neighbor drink with a turbulent subversion," ⟦Hab. ii, 5⟧ as those who envy peace and love schis…

6Hab 2:6

Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:873…of pride truly detestable and imbued with the hatred of men ver shall not all these take up a parable against him and a proposition for a narration against him and they will say woe to… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1819…under his yoke he does not sate his desire for power vers shall not all these take up a parable against him and a riddle for a narrative of him and they shall say woe to… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1477B…anting to his soul of all that he desires; and a stranger eats it.” Osee xii, 7. “Canaan, in his hand is a balance of iniquity; he has loved to oppress.” Habac. ii, 6, 7. “Woe to him who multiplies what is… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:857…did and they shall say woe to him that multiplieth for himself that which is not his how long and that ladeth heavily his yoke these things he says they shall sing lamenting the babylonian woe… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:435…terrible reversal through the wrath of god 'shall not all these things take up a parable against him and a riddle for an account of him and they shall say woe to him who multiplies to…

7Hab 2:7

Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:639C…atan, of course, and the holy teachers, that “suddenly those who bite him shall arise, and your adversaries shall awaken, and you shall become their prey” (Hab. ii, 7).…

8Hab 2:8

Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:877…plunder those who had plundered his own people because you have plundered many nations all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you for the blood of men and for the impiety of the land and… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:957…not his for suddenly they shall rise up that bite thee for thou hast spoiled many nations all the remnant of the peoples shall spoil thee therefore against this dragon and the demons serving under him…

9Hab 2:9

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1277…that he may be helped in the agony of his prayers so that he may be delivered from the unbelievers who are in judea from whom he does not fear to suffer and endure those things… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:879…vers woe to him who multiplies evil avarice for his house to set his nest on high that he may be delivered from the hand of evil you have devised shame for your house you have… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:855…righteous man on the contrary prays that it may come quickly so that he may be delivered from the trials here and find rest thy will be done as in heaven by the angels so also… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:859…of satan vers woe to him who greedily possesses evil gains for his house that he may set his nest on high that he may be gathered from the hand of evil he is indignant at… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:717…and labors as are used with those who are truly possessed so that he may be delivered from the operation of the demon h canon lxi h those who surrender themselves to soothsayers or to those… Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:527…ancient disgrace and baseness indeed the initiator prays before any other ceremony that he may be delivered from the demon by whom he is possessed and he not only addresses god on his behalf but also…

10Hab 2:10

Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:303A…t Habakkuk might be fulfilled in him, which says: You have devised shame for the house of the Lord; you have destroyed many peoples, and your soul has sinned (Hab. II, 10). Therefore, you shall receive fullness…

11Hab 2:11

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:479B…words, it is argued against the heretics; for on every occasion those who rise up against the glorious kingdom are refuted. The stone from the wall cries out (Hab. II, 11); I do not say, the word from the Scrip… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:605A…the stone, and does the stone speak?' Hear the prophet saying that: 'A stone from the wall shall cry out these things, and a beetle from the wood shall speak' (Hab. 2:11). Even if you are silent, the stones wi… Otto Fridolin Fritzsche 1812-1896PG 66:45…tion...). Furthermore, he often (p. 263) inveighs against the "marvelous myth-makers," by which kind of words he undoubtedly also noted Ephrem. Cf. in any case Habac. II, 11; Soph. I, 4-6; III, 1, 2.…

13Hab 2:13

OrigenesPG 16:2107…should this city be given over to desolation let them now entreat the lord of hosts that the vessels which remain in the house of the lord and in the house of the king of judah…

14Hab 2:14

15Hab 2:15

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:547…those who scatter those pestiferous voices among the people, beginning from the same adverb: "Woe to him who gives his neighbor a drink of turbid subversion" (Hab. 2:15). But "woe" is not a simple word, but o… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:753…n it to be bitter, and who do not fear the voice of "Woe," the Scripture saying: Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink of treacherous subversion! (Hab. 2:15). Woe to those who call the bitter sweet, and the sweet bi… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:575D…dmirable Habakkuk? "O you who give your neighbor a turbid ruin, and make him drunk, that you may look upon their caves, a fullness of shame instead of glory!" (Habac. ii, 15). But the blessed Zephaniah says: "Her…

18Hab 2:18

Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:335…a certain divine formation through sanctification and righteousness for the scripture says what profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it the molten image and a false image that the maker of his…

19Hab 2:19

Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:939…and it itself is an image and it is a production of gold and silver and there is no spirit at all in them who would not justly lament those who do not doubt to offer… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1823…and it itself is an image and it is a production of gold and silver and there is no spirit at all in them who would not justly lament those who do not hesitate to offer… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:441…a laminal of gold and silver and there is no spirit in it but the lord is in his holy temple let all the earth revere his…

20Hab 2:20