Habakkuk 3:6-9 NIV

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 3:6

He stood and measured the earth ,.... This alludes to the ark of the Lord, the symbol of his presence, standing and abiding at Gilgal for the space of fourteen years, while the land of Canaan was subdued by Joshua; and then measured out by him, and divided by lot, as an inheritance to the children of Israel, according to the direction and appointment of the Lord, Joshua 13:1 &c.;: here it may have respect to the mission of the apostles into the various parts of the world, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:7

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction ,.... The same with Cush or Ethiopia; hence the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it, "the tents of the Ethiopians"; and these are the same with "the curtains of Midian" in the next clause, tents being made of curtains, and the Ethiopians and Midianites the same people; so the daughter of the priest of Midian, whom Moses married, is called an Ethiopian woman, Exodus 2:21 . This seems to have respect to that panic which seized the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:8

Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers ?.... Referring, as is commonly thought, either to the rivers in Egypt turned into blood, which was one of the plagues of that land, Exodus 7:20 when the resentment of the Lord was not so much against them as against the Egyptians; and as a punishment of them for drowning the infants of the Israelites in them, and in order to obtain the dismissal of his people from that land: or else to the river Jordan,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:9

Thy bow was made quite naked ,.... It was took out of its case, and arrows out of their quiver, and these made use of against the enemies of his people: this is put for all weapons of war; the sword was unsheathed, and all military weapons employed, and the power of the Lord was exerted; or, as the Targum, "the Lord was revealed in his power;' fighting the battles of his people, as in the times of Joshua: according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah . That is, to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:6

He stood, and measured the earth - ארץ erets , the land; he divided the promised land among the twelve tribes. This is the allusion; and this the prophet had in his eye. God not only made a general assignment of the land to the Hebrews; but he even divided it into such portions as the different families required. Here were both power and condescension. When a conqueror had subdued a country, he divided it among his soldiers. Among the Romans, those among whom the conquered lands were... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:8

Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? - Floods; here is a reference to the passage of the Red Sea. The Lord is represented as heading his troops, riding in his chariot, and commanding the sea to divide, that a free passage might be left for his army to pass over. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:9

Thy bow was made quite naked - That is, it was drawn out of its case; as the arrows had their quiver, so the bows had their cases. A fine oriental bow and bow-case, with quiver and arrows, are now before me; they show with what propriety Jehovah is represented as taking his bow out of its case, in order to set his arrow upon the cord, to shoot at his enemies. It is not the drawing out, or making bare the arrow, that is mentioned here; but the taking the bow out of its case to prepare to... 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:6

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 3:9

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

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