George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Habakkuk 3:11
Go. The five kings shall flee at the descent of Bethoron; or the heavenly body shall proceed at thy command, at the signal given by thunder, Josue x. 11.
Go. The five kings shall flee at the descent of Bethoron; or the heavenly body shall proceed at thy command, at the signal given by thunder, Josue x. 11.
Verse Habakkuk 3:11. _THE SUN_ AND _MOON STOOD STILL_] This was at the prayer of Joshua, when he fought against the Amorites. See Joshua 10:11-6, and the notes there. _AT THE LIGHT OF THINE ARROWS TH...
SUN AND MOON STOOD STILL (AS ONE ACT RETIRING INTO) IN THEIR HABITATION - They withdrew, as it were, in the midst of the great tempest, wherein Joshua 10:11. “God cast down great stones from heaven up...
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...
In answer to his prayer, Yahweh comes from Sinai, riding on His victorious chariots, surrounded by glory and splendour, His bow uncovered and His quiver filled with shafts, making the mountains to sin...
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;...
THE SUN AND MOON, &C. Reference to Joshua 10:12; Joshua 10:13. AT THE LIGHT, &C.. like light Thine arrows flew. AND AT THE SHINING, &C.. like lightning was Thy glittering spear....
_GOD'S POWER AND WRATH WERE DEMONSTRATED -- HABAKKUK 3:8-15:_ God was not disturbed over disobedience of the rivers or the seas. His concern was over a rebellious people. His horses and chariots were...
AT THE LIGHT OF THINE ARROWS THEY WENT— _By their light thine arrows fled abroad, and by their shinings thy glittering spear._ When Joshua fought against the Amorites, at his command the sun and moon...
CHAPTER XVIII THE PROPHET'S POETIC PRAYER VISION OF GOD IN JUDGEMENT. Habakkuk 3:1-15 RV. A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth. O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afra...
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. THE SUN AND MOON STOOD STILL - at Joshua's command (Joshua 10:1...
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...
III. (1-15) A hymn describing a future self-manifestation of Jehovah on Israel’s behalf, accompanied by the signs and wonders of the early history. It is impossible to give the English reader an idea...
(3-15) Habakkuk describes the “Theophany” or self-manifestation of Jehovah, which is to introduce the desired deliverance. The Authorised Version has unfortunately rendered all the verbs in this secti...
(10-18) All the verbs in these verses are misrendered as regards tense. (See note on 3-15.)...
THE SUN AND MOON STAND STILL IN THEIR HABITATION — _scil.,_ where they were at the beginning of the judgment. Here, of course, Habakkuk has in mind Joshua 10:12. The rest of the verse is best rendered...
שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ יָרֵ֖חַ עָ֣מַד זְבֻ֑לָה לְ אֹ֤ור חִצ
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...
The (o) sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: (p) at the light of thy arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear. (o) As appears in (Joshua 10:12). (p) According to you...
It is impossible by any comment, even if written with the pen of an angel, to add any beauty to this most sublime passage. I retire from it therefore, and only beg the Reader, as he reads it, to conne...
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...
Here the Prophet refers to another history; for we know that when Joshua fought, and when the day was not long enough to slay the enemies, the day was prolonged according to his prayer, (Joshua 10:12....
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...
THE SUN [AND] MOON STOOD STILL IN THEIR HABITATION,.... This is generally thought to refer to the miracle in the times of Joshua, Joshua 10:12 but a different word is there used, especially of the sta...
The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear. Ver. 11. _The sun and moon stood still in their habitation_]...
Hab. 3:11. "The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of thine arrows they went, at the shining of thy glittering spear." By this it is evident that there was not only a dreadful...
_The sun and moon stood still in their habitation_ At the command of Joshua. _At the light of thine arrows they went_ Or rather, _by their light_ (namely, the light of the sun and moon) _thine arrows...
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, or have entered their dwelling, so that a terrifying darkness ensues; AT THE LIGHT OF THINE ARROWS THEY WENT AND AT THE SHINING OF THY GLITTERING SPEA...
JEHOVAH'S MAJESTIC COMING TO JUDGMENT...
AT THE LIGHT OF THINE ARROWS: Or, thine arrows walked in the light, etc....
3-15 God's people, when in distress, and ready to despair, seek help by considering the days of old, and the years of ancient times, and by pleading them with God in prayer. The resemblance between t...
THE SUN AND MOON STOOD STILL: though the sun rejoice as a giant to run his race, and had constantly come out of his chamber to run it about two thousand five hundred years past, yet now he stops his c...
Habakkuk 3:11 sun H8121 moon H3394 still H5975 (H8804) habitation H2073 light H216 arrows H2671 went H1980 ...
‘You divided the earth with rivers, The mountains saw you and were afraid, The tempest of waters passed by, The deep uttered his voice, And lifted up his hands on high. The sun and moon stood sti...
AT THE LIGHT Or, thine arrows walked in the light, etc....
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...
_God came from Teman._ GOD POETICALLY PORTRAYED AND PRACTICALLY REMEMBERED The Bible contains many grand songs and odes. But this song of Habakkuk stands in peerless splendour amongst them all. I. P...
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 3:11 SUN AND MOON STOOD STILL refers to Joshua’s victory at Gibeah (Joshua 10:12). The Lord’s victory here will be equally sensational....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 3:8.] Now judgment is executed. The description rests upon two facts: dividing of Red Sea and of Jordan (Exodus 15:18; Psalms 104:3;...
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,...
Isaiah 28:21; Isaiah 38:8; Joshua 10:11; Joshua 10:12; Joshua 10:13;...
Stood still — At the prayer of Joshua. In the light — Which was most miraculously continued....