Bible Commentary

The LORD God [is] my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ [feet], and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. 19. The Lord God is my strength ] lit. Jehovah, the Lord is, &c. Psa 73:26, “God is the strength of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:19”

Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 18. Yet I will rejoice in the Lord ] Comp. Psa 5:11; Psa 32:11; Psa 33:1; Isa 61:10. In spite of calamities the people will joy in God; though earthly blessings perish He remains their portion. The joy is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:18”

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall] fruit [be] in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls: 17 19. It is not easy to say whether … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:17”

When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. When I heard – , better, I heard and … … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:16”

Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, [through] the heap of great waters. 15. Thou didst walk through the sea ] Thou hast gone through the sea (Isa 11:15). The verse refers to the passage of the Red Sea; and the thought remains unexpressed, though it is understood, that with this was completed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:15”

Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing [was] as to devour the poor secretly. 14. Thou didst strike through ] Thou hast pierced through with thy spears the head of his warriors. The Heb. text reads his spears or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:14”

Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, [even] for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. 13. Thou wentest forth ] Thou art come forth. for salvation with thine anointed] for the salvation (deliverance) of thine anointed. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:13”

Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. 12. Thou didst march ] In indignation thou marchest through the earth; thou dost thresh the nations In anger. As in former times “threshing” was performed by treading (Deu 25:4), the sense is: thou treadest down; 2Ki 13:7; Job 39:15, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:12”

The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear. 11. The sun and moon stood still ] stand still, i.e. do not come forth, being behind the storm-cloud. The word possibly means retreat, withdraw into their habitation, hiding themselves … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:11”

The mountains saw thee, [and] they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, [and] lifted up his hands on high. 10. The mountains saw thee, and] the mountains see thee, they tremble. The other verbs in the verse should also be in the present. The overflowing of the water … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:10”