Habakkuk 3:16, Habakkuk 3:2 NLT

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:16

When I heard - , better, “I heard and ...” The prophet sums up, resuming that same declaration with which he had begun, “I heard, I was afraid.” Only now he expresses far more strongly both his awe at God’s judgments and his hopes. He had just beheld the image of the destruction of Pharaoh, the end of the brief triumphing of the wicked and of the trials of God’s people. But awful as are all the judgments of God upon the enemies of His people, it was not this alone which was the object of his... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 3:16

Habakkuk 3:16. When I heard, my belly trembled The prophet, having recounted, for the present encouragement of the faithful, the wonderful works which God had formerly wrought for his people, here returns again to his first subject, namely, the revelation which he had received from God, concerning the calamities which should be brought on the Jewish people by the Chaldeans. My belly trembled, my lips quivered, &c. A consternation and shaking seized me, and I could not speak for grief... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:1-19

3:1-19 HABAKKUK TRUSTS IN GOD’S JUDGMENTThe psalm of Chapter 3 has no direct connection with Judah and the Babylonians. Nevertheless, it is relevant to what Habakkuk has just written, for it describes the appearance of God in his work of judging the nations and saving his people. The psalm is introduced by what appears to be the name of the tune to which it was sung (3:1).Habakkuk recalls the mighty works that God has done for his people in the past, and he prays that God will act on their... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 3:16

When I heard. See the Structure (p. 1269). belly = body. voice = voice [saying]. rottenness = decay. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "restlessness". myself. Place a full stop here, and commence a new sentence. that I might = O that I might find (or be at) rest, &c. he: i.e. the invader. unto = against. he will invade = he will overcome. Heb gud. Occurs only here, and Genesis 49:19 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:16

"I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at thy voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us."The great thrust of this verse (Habakkuk 3:16a) is that God answered Habakkuk and revealed to him that his plea for the deliverance of Israel could not be granted. Habakkuk's trembling body, quivering lips, and debilitated bones show what a shocking and terrible impact... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 3:16

Habakkuk 3:16. When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered, &c.— The prophet, having recounted, for the present encouragement of the faithful, the wonderful works which God had formerly done for his people, returns again to set forth in what manner he was affected with the judgments pronounced against them; and thence takes occasion to pray that he might be gathered to his fathers in peace, before the king of Babylon should invade Judaea, and carry the people away captive, Habakkuk... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:16

16. When I heard . . . trembled—namely, at the judgments which God had declared ( :-) were to be inflicted on Judea by the Chaldeans. belly—The bowels were thought by the Hebrews to be the seat of yearning compassion (Jeremiah 31:20). Or "heard" may refer to Habakkuk 3:2, "When I heard as to Jehovah's coming interposition for Israel against the Chaldeans being still at some distance" (Habakkuk 3:2- :); so also the voice" [MAURER]. at the voice—of the divine threatenings (Habakkuk 1:6). The... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 3:16

Habakkuk trembled all over as he waited for the day of Babylon’s invasion of Judah, the day of her distress. He could do nothing but wait patiently for the Babylonians to grow stronger and for judgment to come on Israel. It is a terrible feeling to know that calamity is coming but that one can do nothing to prevent it. He could endure the prospect because he remembered that the omnipotent God of Israel had consistently defended her in the past and promised to do so in the future. Earlier when... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 3:16-19

D. The commitment to faith 3:16-19a read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:1-19

Jehovah comes To JudgmentThis is one of the most brilliant poems in the OT. It was written by a man of imagination as well as of faith. It is not quite certain whether Habakkuk 3:8-15 are intended to refer to a past or future manifestation of Jehovah: in any case, there is the hope, or rather prayer, that history may repeat itself (Habakkuk 3:2). The poem rests upon older theophanies: cp. Judges 5; Deuteronomy 33. Long ago at the exodus Jehovah had shown His power to interpose in history... read more