E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 3:7
in affliction = [brought low] by affliction. curtains = hangings. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for the tents formed by them. read more
Habakkuk 3:3-7 Asv
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:3
"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."Here begins Habakkuk's enumeration of a number of mighty actions of God in his dealings with Israel. There is no indication in these words that God, in any sense, dwelt on Mount Paran (as did the Greek Zeus on Olympus). What is indicated is that in the entire district bordered by Teman (Edom) and Paran, God's hand had been very visible in his dealings,with Israel.... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:4
"And his brightness was as the light; He had rays coming forth from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.""He had rays ..." The Hebrew here actually means "horns," invariably used in scripture as emblems of power. As Hailey said, "These horns were rays of light."[16] In this light there was the hiding of his power. The foolish interpretation of this verse which supposes that we should think of, "flashes of lightning darting out of God's hand is proved to be untenable."[17] Keil... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:5
"Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.""The pestilence ..." This was a prominent feature of the plagues visited upon Egypt, "boils and blains" breaking out on man and beast (Exodus 9:9)."Fiery bolts ... at his feet ..." "Hail mingled with fire was also one of the plagues of Egypt" (Exodus 9:23).Throughout this whole passage, there is the recollection of God's wonders manifested in the delivery of Israel from Egypt. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:6
"He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were as of old.""He measured the earth ... drove asunder the nations ..." Some thirty-two kingdoms of Canaan were defeated in order for God to re-populate the land with Israel. God's standing and measuring the earth appears to be a reference to the deliberate purpose and full intention before the event to remove the Canaanites and... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:7
"I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.""The tents of Cushan ... curtains of Midian ..." "However these words are understood, "The general reference is to God's interposition against Israel's foes of old."[20]Cushan should be read as "Cush," because the extra syllable, "an" was added for musical reasons, enabling it to correspond to Midian in the following line. There are other examples of this in the Bible, Lot's name being written in Genesis... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 3:3
Habakkuk 3:3. God came from Teman— The prophet, having offered up his petition for shortening the captivity, proceeds in the next place, from Hab 3:3-16 to recount the wonderful works which Jehovah had formerly wrought, to deliver his people from Egyptian slavery, and to put them in possession of the land of Canaan; intimating by this, that he would, in his good time, shew himself equally powerful in delivering them from the Babylonish captivity, and restoring them to their own land. In... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 3:4
Habakkuk 3:4. 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. (See Deuteronomy 33:2.) And there was the hiding-place of his power. As the cloud was a hiding-place or veil to the glory of Jehovah, when it did not shine forth; so was it considered as the hiding-place of his power, when not manifested in act. See Numbers 16:42; Numbers 16:46. Dr. Kennicott would render the verse, His... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 3:5
Habakkuk 3:5. Before him went the pestilence— See Ezekiel 20:47. Houbigant, supposing this to refer to God's appearance on mount Sinai, instead of pestilence, which he thinks ill suited to the subject, renders the word דבר daber, commandment, as the LXX, λογος, or Word; referring to the ten commandments which God promulged when the fire went forth at his feet. But, taking the passage as explained on Hab 3:3 pestilence is very proper; and the word rendered burning coals, would more justly be... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 3:6
measured the earth: or, caused the earth to tremble. So the Targum and the requirement of the "correspondence" with the next line. beheld = looked. drove asunder the nations = caused the nations to shake, or start. scattered = shattered. perpetual = ancient, or primeval. read more