Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Habakkuk 3:18
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Yet I will rejoice. The prophet speaks in the name of his people.
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Yet I will rejoice. The prophet speaks in the name of his people.
YET I WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD, I WILL JOY IN THE GOD OF MY SALVATION. - The words are very impressive, as they stand in the Hebrew. “For,” he says, “the fig tree shall not blossom, and there is no fr...
CHAPTER 3 The Vision of the Coming of the Lord _ 1. The prophet's prayer (Habakkuk 3:1) _ 2. The coming of the Lord for judgment and redemption (Habakkuk 3:3) 3. The effect upon the prophet (Habak...
A liturgical addition, expressing perfect trust in Yahweh even amid loss and grief (cf. Joel 1:17). HABAKKUK 3:17. For _tiphrah_, blossom, read probably _tiphreh_, bear fruit (LXX). Habakkuk 3:19. F...
HABAKKUK 3. THE PRAYER OF HABAKKUK. Habakkuk 3:1. Shigionoth: probably plural of _shiggaion_ (Psalms 7:1, p. 373). But LXX reads _n e ginoth_, on the stringed instruments (_cf._ Psalms 4:1;...
GOD OF MY SALVATION. Compare Psalms 18:46; Psalms 24:5; Psalms 25:5; Psalms 27:9....
_Yet I will rejoice in the Lord_ Comp. Psalms 5:11; Psalms 32:11; Psalms 33:1; Isaiah 61:10. In spite of calamities the people will joy in God; though ear
It is not easy to say whether Habakkuk 3:17 contains a series of suppositions referring to what may happen in the future, or describes a condition of things actually existing. The latter way of readin...
_HABAKKUK'S RESPONSE TO GOD'S MESSAGE -- HABAKKUK 3:16-19:_ When Habakkuk heard God's message he responded in fear. He knew that destruction was coming upon his nation. He also knew that later God wou...
DISCOURSE: 1226 THE CHRISTIAN’S BOAST Habakkuk 3:17. _Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no m...
YET— Or, _But for my part._ Instead of, _The God of my salvation,_ the Vulgate reads, _In Jesus my God:_ that Jesus, says Calmet, who is the joy, the consolation, the hope, the life of believers; with...
HYMN OF FAITH. Habakkuk 3:16-19 RV. I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day...
JEHOVAH COMES TO JUDGMENT This is one of the most brilliant poems in the OT. It was written by a man of imagination as well as of faith. It is not quite certain whether Habakkuk 3:8 are intended to re...
THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA Habakkuk _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 3 V1 (These are) the words that the *prophet Habakkuk prayed. (He used music called) Shigionoth. V2 *LORD, I have heard (what people) s...
(10-18) All the verbs in these verses are misrendered as regards tense. (See note on 3-15.)...
(16-19) Habakkuk now reverts abruptly to the Divine sentence of Habakkuk 1:5 _et seq.,_ and describes with what emotion he meditates on the coming disasters, and on his own inability to prevent them....
YET — _i.e.,_ in spite of all the afflictions predicted in Habakkuk 3:17. We are reminded of St. Paul’s expression of confidence in Romans 8:37....
וַ אֲנִ֖י בַּ יהוָ֣ה אֶעְלֹ֑וזָה אָגִ֖ילָה בּ
Habakkuk 3:1 The third chapter, an Ode or Rhapsody, is ascribed to Habakkuk by its title. This, however, does not prove its authenticity: the title is too like those assigned to the Psalms in the peri...
THE FAITH THAT IS INVINCIBLE Habakkuk 3:1-19 This psalm was intended to be sung by the captives during the Exile, which was near. In Habakkuk 3:3-15 there is a recital of the great events in the past...
In the proclamation concerning the righteous, the majesty of Jehovah and the consequent triumph of His people are set forth. It consists of a psalm which is a prayer. In the first movement the prophe...
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy (y) in the God of my salvation. (y) He declares in what the joy of the faithful consists, though they see ever so great afflictions prepared....
_Jesus. Hebrew yishi, "my (Haydock) salvation." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "saviour." Chaldean, "redeemer." (Haydock) --- Jesus was the desire of all nations, and he imparts true joy to the faithful, Jo...
If we read these verses as we ought to read them, implying the spiritual effect wrought upon the mind of the Prophet, and in like manner what may be supposed in the same way to influence every child o...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. There is no prophetic delivery among the twelve lesser books more peculiar and characteristic than that of Habakkuk. It has no longer the occupation with the...
_REJOICING IN GOD_ (_A Harvest Sermon_) ‘Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flo...
This answer brings home to the heart of the prophet the solemn presence of God, and leads him to look for a revival of God's working in the midst of the people in grace, and turns him back to God's fi...
YET I WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD,.... In the Word of the Lord, as the Targum; the essential Word of the Lord, the Lord Jesus Christ; in his person, the greatness and glory of it; in his offices, as Prop...
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Ver. 18. _Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation_] This joy of the Lord was the prophet s strengt...
_Although the fig-tree shall not blossom_ Though all outward means of support should fail, yet will I still have a firm confidence in the power, goodness, and faithfulness of God, that he will preserv...
yet I will rejoice in the Lord, in spite of all these afflictions. I WILL JOY IN THE GOD OF MY SALVATION, exulting in Him on whom the salvation of all mankind rests....
A PLEA FOR MERCY...
16-19 When we see a day of trouble approach, it concerns us to prepare. A good hope through grace is founded in holy fear. The prophet looked back upon the experiences of the church in former ages, a...
As for my part, I will, saith the prophet, rejoice; look for joy, expect matter of rejoicing IN THE LORD, who will preserve a remnant and redeem them, who will rebuke Babylon, and will very strangely...
Habakkuk 3:18 rejoice H5937 (H8799) LORD H3068 joy H1523 (H8799) God H430 salvation H3468 I will rejoice -...
‘For though the fig tree will not blossom, Nor will fruit be in the vines, The produce of the olive will fail, And the fields will yield no food, The flock will be cut off from the fold, And ther...
Zechariah 3:17 The prophet herein declares two things which are of supreme importance in the highest life of man. I. He declares the possibility of having joy independently of all external things. He...
CONTENTS: Habakkuk's answer of faith to Jehovah. The terror of God's wrath against sinners. CHARACTERS: God, Habakkuk. CONCLUSION: The God of nature can alter and control all the powers of nature to...
Zechariah 3:1. _A prayer of Habakkuk,_ by which he cheered and encouraged the church, and his own soul, under all the gloom that overspread the state of his country. _Shigionoth,_ the name of a pensiv...
_Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, etc._ UNITED PRAYER FOR REMOVAL OF TEMPORAL AFFLICTIONS We are called in a special manner to humble ourselves before God, on account of a great national cala...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 3:1 Habakkuk’s Prayer. Habakkuk asks for a new demonstration of God’s wrath and mercy, such as God gave so powerfully in the past. He closes with a confession of faith and tr...
HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 3:17 Anticipating great destruction by the Babylonians, Habakkuk has radically changed. He began by informing God how to run his world; he ends by trusting that God knows bes...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 3:16. Trembled] The prophet describes his own feelings at the coming of Jehovah: first, fear and trembling; then, exulting joy (Habakkuk 3:18). “The alarm pervades his whole...
EXPOSITION HABAKKUK 3:1 Part II. PSALM OR PRAYER OF HABAKKUK. HABAKKUK 3:1 § 1. _The title._ A PRAYER. There is only one form
Now in chapter 3 it is a psalm, it is, A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth (Zechariah 3:1). Now about the seventh psalm or so, I think it is upon the Shiggaion, which is the same thing,...
1 Peter 1:8; 1 Peter 4:12; 1 Peter 4:13; 1 Samuel 2:1; Deuteronomy 12:1