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Habakkuk 1:3

Habakkuk 1:3
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance?.... That is, wicked men, and such as give a great deal of trouble vexation, and grief to others, by their rapine and oppression;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold - , or rather, “Why beholdest Thou grievance?” God seemed to reverse what He had said by Balaam Num 23:21, “He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And cause me to behold grievance - עמל amal, labor, toil, distress, misery, etc., the common fruits of sin.