Habakkuk 3:5-6 NASB,NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3-15

God poetically portrayed and practically remembered. "God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah," etc. The Bible contains many grand songs and odes. There is the song that Moses taught Israel to sing ( Exodus 15:1 ). There is the triumphant song of Deborah and Barak ( 5:1-31 .). There is the song of Hannah, the mother of Samuel ( 1 Samuel 2:1 ). There is the song of David bewailing the death of Saul and Jonathan ( 2 Samuel 1:19 ), and his song of thanksgiving... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3-18

God in history. On reading these verses containing the ode of Habakkuk we find that they abound in historical allusions. The prophet recalled to mind the Divine interpositions both in mercy and in judgment which had taken place in the bygone days, and in the light of them contemplated the position and prospects of his people in his own time. This course was a very customary one with the Hebrew bards. They were eminently patriotic, and delighted to touch upon the national experiences of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:5

After describing the splendour of the theophany, the prophet now turns to the purpose and effects of God's appearing. He comes to avenge and judge, therefore before him went the pestilence. Before him stalks plague, to punish his enemies and the disobedient, as in Egypt, in Canaan ( Exodus 23:27 ; 1 Samuel 5:9 , 1 Samuel 5:11 ); and among his own people ( Numbers 11:33 ; Numbers 14:37 , etc.; Le Numbers 26:25 ). For "pestilence" the LXX . reads "word." Burning coals went forth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:6

He stood, and measured the earth. God takes his stand, and surveys the earth which he is visiting in judgment. As his glory filled the heavens, so now he with his presence paces the earth, measuring it, as it were, with his foot. He considers, too, all the doings of the children of men, and requites them accordingly. Vulgate, Stetit, et mensus est terram. So the Syriac. On the other hand, the LXX . gives, ἔστη καὶ ἐσαλέυθη ἡ γῆ , "The earth stood and quaked." Thus the Chaldee,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:6-7

An ideal theophany: 2. The wonderful acts of the Deity. I. MEASURING THE EARTH , AND DRIVING ASUNDER THE NATIONS . 1 . Measuring the earth ; i.e. either surveying it with his all-seeing glance whereat there is universal consternation (Fausset), or measuring it out among the peoples on its surface, as Joshua partitioned the Holy Land after its conquest among the tribes (Pusey). Both ideas are historically true, no Divine interposition of any magnitude occurring... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:5

Before Him went (goeth) the pestilence - then to consume His enemies. Exodus 23:27 : “I will send My fear before thee, and will destroy all the people, to whom thou shalt come,” and the lightnings are a token that, Psalms 68:1-2, “they which hate Him, flee before Him, and the wicked perish at the Presence of God.” So, on His Ascension, Herod and Pilate were smitten by Him, and Elymas and Simon Magus before His apostles, and whatsoever hath lifted itself up against Him hath perished, and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:6

He stood - It is “a metaphor of his giving victory to Israel” Tanchum.And measured - So Kimchi, A. E., Rashi, Tanchum, Vulgate. It is borne out by Hithpolel. “extended himself,” 1 Kings 17:21. By an interchange of dentals; מוד might be = מוט, and so the Aramaic and the Septuagint but in no other case do the two forms co-exist in Hebrew.The earth - Joshua, after he had conquered the land, meted it out and divided it among the people. He who should come, should measure out the earth in its length... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 3:4-5

Habakkuk 3:4-5. And his brightness was as the light Green renders this verse thus: His brightness was as the brightness of the sun; he had rays of light beaming from his hand; and there was the hiding-place of his power. The Hebrew word אור , here rendered light, is translated the sun, Job 31:26; and that rendering seems to improve the sense here. The word קרנים , rendered horns, being derived from קרן , to shine, or emit rays of light, is much better rendered rays, or ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 3:6

Habakkuk 3:6. He stood and measured the earth “It was customary for a conqueror, as soon as he became possessed of a country, to measure it out, and divide it among his people. Thus David, (Psalms 60:6,) I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. Hence Jehovah, who takes possession of the land of Canaan, upon the flight and cession of its guilty inhabitants, is represented as dividing it among the tribes of Israel.” Green, who translates the former part of the verse thus: ... 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

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:6-7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 3:4-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 3:6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:1-19

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