Habakkuk 3:3-7 ASV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:7

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction - Cush is Arabia. The Arabians dwelt in tents, hence they were called Scenitae. When the Lord appeared on Mount Sinai, the Arabs of the Red Sea abandoned their tents, being terror-struck; and the Midianites also were seized with fear. See the desolation wrought among this people by Phinehas, Numbers 31:1 , etc., on account of their having enticed the Israelites to idolatry, Numbers 25:1 , etc. Either Cush and Midian lay contiguous to each other;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:3

Verse 3 This verse interpreters explain in two ways. Some construe the verb in the future tense in the past time—“God went forth from Teman, and the holy one from mount Paran”; for a verb in the past tense follows. But others consider it to be in the optative mood—“May God come, or go forth, from Teman, and the holy one from mount Paran;” as though the Prophet prayed God to come as the defender of his people from mount Sinai, where the law was promulgated and the covenant ratified, which God... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:4

Verse 4 He confirms the declaration which I have explained that God, when he intended his presence to be made known to his people, gave evidences of his wonderful power, capable of awakening the minds of all. He then says, that the brightness was like light. By the word אור, aur, is doubtless meant the light, which diffuses itself through the whole world, and proceeds from the sun. Then he says, that the brightness which appeared on mount Sinai was equal to the light of the sun, capable of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:5

Verse 5 The Prophet repeats here, that God came armed to defend his people, when he went forth from Teman; for he connects with it here the deliverance of the people. He does not indeed speak only of the promulgation of the law, but encourages all the godly to confidence; for God, who had once redeemed their fathers from Egypt, remained ever like himself, and was endued with the same power. And he says, that before God’s face walked the pestilence; this is to be referred to the Egyptians; and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:6

Verse 6 He says that God possessed every power to subdue the earth to himself, and that he could at his will destroy it, yea, dissolve mountains as veil as nations. Some of the Jews understood this of the ark, which stood at that time in Gilead. They then suppose that the Prophet meant this in short—that when God chose a place for the ark of the covenant in Gilgal, that he determined then what he would do, and that he then in his secret counsel divided the land, so that each should have his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:7

Verse 7 The Prophet relates here, no doubt, whatever might bring comfort to the miserable Jews, as they thought themselves rejected and in a manner alienated from God. Hence the Prophet mentions here other deliverances, which were clear evidences of God’s constant favor towards his chosen people. He had hitherto spoken of their redemption, and he will presently return to the same subject: but he introduces here other histories; as though he had said, that it was not only at one time that God... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:1-19

Part II . PSALM OR PRAYER OF HABAKKUK . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3

In this episode Habakkuk takes his imagery from the accounts of God's dealings with his people in old time, in Egypt, at the Red Sea, at Sinai, at the Jordan, in Canaan; he echoes the songs of Moses and Deborah and the psalmist; and he looks on all these mighty deeds as antici-pative of God's great work, the overthrow of all that opposes and the establishment of the kingdom of Messiah. God ( Eloah ) came from Teman. The words are connected with Moses' description of the Lord's appearance... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3-5

An ideal theophany: 1. The onward march of the Deity. I. HIS PERSON DESIGNATED . 1 . God, or Eloah, the Strong or Powerful One. A name for the Supreme used for the first time by Moses ( Deuteronomy 32:15 ) to portray God as the Creator of Israel, and employed by Habakkuk "to designate God as the Lord and Governor of the whole world" (Keil). Omnipotence an essential attribute of Divinity ( Genesis 17:1 ; Joshua 4:24 ; 1 Chronicles 29:12 ; Job 36:5 ; Job 42:2 ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3-15

§ 3. The prophet or the congregation depicts in a majestic theophany the coming of God to judge the world, and its effect symbolically on material nature, and properly on evil men. read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3-15

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