Bible Commentary

Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 9. Thy bow was made quite naked ] is made bare. The “bow” is the battle-bow. It is bared of its covering in order to be freely used and to discharge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:9”

Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? [was] thine anger against the rivers? [was] thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses [and] thy chariots of salvation? 8. Was the Lord displeased? ] Perhaps strictly this must be rendered: art thou displeased, O Lord? lit. is it hot to thee? or, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:8”

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: [and] the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. 7. tents of Cushan ] Cushan here cannot be Cush or Ethiopia in Africa. In Num 12:1 it is said that Moses had married a Cushite wife, though she was a Midianite; and in the next clause … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:7”

He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways [are] everlasting. 6. stood, and measured ] “Measured” could only mean surveyed, measured with His eyes, and this might be supposed taken up again in “he looked” of next … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:6”

Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. 5. went the pestilence ] goeth pestilence. His manifestation carries death in its train. burning coals went forth ] and burning plague goeth forth at his feet, i.e. behind Him. The word again in this sense Deu 32:24. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:5”

And [his] brightness was as the light; he had horns [coming] out of his hand: and there [was] the hiding of his power. 4. his brightness was as the light ] And there is a brightness like the sun Job 31:26; Pro 4:18. Attention is drawn away from the general splendour which overspread the heavens … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:4”

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. 3. God came from Teman ] cometh: the poet feels himself in presence of the manifestation. Teman is a district lying in the north-west of Edom, Eze 25:13; Oba 1:9. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:3”

O LORD, I have heard thy speech, [and] was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. 2. I have heard thy speech ] I have heard the report of thee. The term appears always to express the report … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:2”

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. 1 2. Introduction 1. A prayer of Habakkuk ] The only part of the passage which is strictly prayer is Hab 3:2. But the whole poem is nothing but an amplification of the words “renew thy work.” The earnest direction of the poet’s mind towards God, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 3:1”

But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. 20. The verse expresses the contrast between the idols and Jehovah. Isaiah 46. holy temple ] i.e. the heavenly temple as in Psa 11:4. And “he who sitteth in heaven” is living and all powerful, watchful of the affairs … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Habakkuk 2:20”