Habakkuk 3:3-7 ASV

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 3:6

Habakkuk 3:6. He stood and measured the earth— He stood, and measured out the land; he beheld, and scattered the nations: The eternal mountains dispersed, the perpetual hills bowed; the everlasting ways opened their Lord. Green; who observes, that 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, I will triumph and divide Sichem, and measure out the valley of Succoth. Hence Jehovah, who takes possession... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 3:7

Habakkuk 3:7. I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction— I saw the tents of Cushan, or of Ethiopia, in consternation, and the tent curtains of the land of Midian trembled. Since Moses's wife, who was a Midianite, is called Numbers 12:1 a Cushite (that is, Ethiopian), Cushan may be here another name for Midian; and then the two members of this period will be equivalent: but if it should be different, then it must mean an Arabian nation which dwelt in tents near Midian, and which was seized with... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

3. God—singular in the Hebrew, "Eloah," instead of "Elohim," plural, usually employed. The singular is not found in any other of the minor prophets, or Jeremiah, or Ezekiel; but it is in Isaiah, Daniel, Job, and Deuteronomy. from Teman—the country south of Judea and near Edom, in which latter country Mount Paran was situated [HENDERSON]. "Paran" is the desert region, extending from the south of Judah to Sinai. Seir, Sinai, and Paran are adjacent to one another, and are hence associated... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:4

4. as the light—namely, of the sun (Job 37:21; Proverbs 4:18). horns—the emblem of power wielded by "His hand" [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU]. "Rays" emanating from "His hand," compared by the Arabs to the horns of the gazelle (compare "hind of the morning," Psalms 22:1, title, Margin). The Hebrew verb for to "emit rays," is from the root meaning "horns" (Exodus 34:29; Exodus 34:30; Exodus 34:35) [GROTIUS]. The rays are His lightnings (Psalms 18:8), [MAURER]. there—in that "brightness." In it,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:5

5. pestilence—to destroy His people's foes (1 Samuel 5:9; 1 Samuel 5:11). As Jehovah's advent is glorious to His people, so it is terrible to His foes. burning coals— 1 Samuel 5:11- : favors English Version. But the parallelism requires, as the Margin translates, "burning disease" (compare Deuteronomy 32:24; Psalms 91:6). went . . . at his feet—that is, after Him, as His attendants (Psalms 91:6- :). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:6

6. He stood, and measured the earth—Jehovah, in His advance, is represented as stopping suddenly, and measuring the earth with His all-seeing glance, whereat there is universal consternation. MAURER, from a different root, translates, "rocked the earth"; which answers better to the parallel "drove asunder"; the Hebrew for which latter, however, may be better translated, "made to tremble." everlasting mountains—which have ever been remembered as retaining the same place and form from the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:7

7. the tents—that is, the dwellers. Cushan—the same as Cush; made "Cush-an" to harmonize with "Midi-an" in the parallel clause. So Lotan is found in the Hebrew of Genesis for Lot. BOCHART therefore considers it equivalent to Midian, or a part of Arabia. So in Numbers 12:1, Moses' Midianite wife is called an Ethiopian (Hebrew, Cushite). MAURER thinks the dwellers on both sides of the Arabian Gulf, or Red Sea, are meant; for in Habakkuk 3:6 God's everlasting or ancient ways of delivering His... read more

Thomas Constable

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

The prophet pictured Yahweh as rising over His people like the rising sun, appearing over Teman, a large town in Edom, and Mt. Paran, the mountain opposite Teman (cf. Deuteronomy 33:2-4). These locations were to the east of the Israelites as they exited Egypt.The name for God used here, "Elohim," is in the singular, "Eloah," perhaps stressing the essential unity of God who is the Holy One. "Selah" is another musical notation meaning "to lift up" (cf. Habakkuk 3:9; Habakkuk 3:13). It probably... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 3:3-7

1. Yahweh’s awesome appearance 3:3-7 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 3:3-15

C. The vision of God 3:3-15Habakkuk moved from petition to praise in his prayer. He recalled God’s great power and pardon in bringing the Israelites from Egypt, through the wilderness, and into the Promised Land. Since God had done this, Habakkuk was confident that He could and would deliver the Israelites from the Babylonians and reestablish them in the land. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 3:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 3:7

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 3:7

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 3:3-7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 3:3-15

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