Matthew Poole and continuators on Habakkuk 1:5

5 ¶ Behold ye among the heathen , and regard , and wonder marvellously : for I will work a work in your dayes , which ye will not believe , though it be told you .

Here God begins to answer the Prophet, and calls for a very particular and exact consideration of the thing, see and ponder.

What judgments, what punishments have been executed upon the Heathen, for like sins.

Weigh it well in all its tendency and consequence, for it is a warning to you, it assures you judgment will overtake you also.

As astonished at judgments, too great to be exprest in words, and so strange that 'twill seem too much to be believed.

The Great and Glorious God, the just and supream Judge.

Begin, continue and finish a work; A work I am working, a work of equal severity and justice.

It shall no more be defer'd, Ezek. 7.5. &c

You wicked violent oppressours, will not believe tho' the Lord by his Prophets foretel it.

Described how, and by whom, and when.

Marginal references: Act. 1[illegible: 1 letter] [illegible: 1 letter]