Habakkuk 3:3, Habakkuk 3:4 NASB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3-15

It has been the usual practice of God's people, when they have been in distress and ready to fall into despair, to help themselves by recollecting their experiences, and reviving them, considering the days of old, and the years of ancient times (Ps. 77:5), and pleading with God in prayer, as he is pleased sometimes to plead them with himself. Isa. 63:11; Then he remembered the days of old. This is that which the prophet does here, and he looks as far back as the first forming of them into a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3

God came from Teman ,.... Or, "may God come from Teman" F20 יבוא "veniet", so some in Calvin, Van Till. ; since it is part of the prayer of Habakkuk: or, as "from Teman" F21 מתימן "sicuti olim ex Theman", Van Till. ; as he of old came from thence, a city in the land of Edom, Jeremiah 49:7 it was five miles from Petra, in Idumea, where was Mount Seir, from whence the Lord arose, and shone forth from Mount Paran, at the giving of the law, Deuteronomy 33:2 to which the... read more

Adam Clarke

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

God came from Teman - Bp. Lowth observes: "This is a sudden burst of poetry, in the true spirit of the ode; the concealed connection being that God, who had formerly displayed such power in delivering the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, might succor their posterity in a like wonderful manner." Hence the prophet selects the most striking facts of that first deliverance; and to decorate and render them impressive, brings forth all the powers of his genius, in all the strength and elegance of... 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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Habakkuk 3:3-18

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