Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Habakkuk 3:15
Didst walk — Thou heldest on thy way, from thy entering in on the east of the land, to the west thereof.
Didst walk — Thou heldest on thy way, from thy entering in on the east of the land, to the west thereof.
Verse Habakkuk 3:15. _THOU DIDST WALK THROUGH THE SEA_] There was no occasion to _hurry_ across; all was safe, for God had divided the waters: and his _terrible cloud_ had removed from _before_, and...
THOU DIDST WALK THROUGH THE SEA WITH THINE HORSES - God Himself is pictured as leading them on the way, Himself at the head of their multitude, having, as Asaph said of old “His path in the sea.” So I...
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;...
HEAP. foaming....
_Thou didst walk through the sea_ THOU HAST GONE THROUGH THE SEA (Isaiah 11:15). The verse refers to the passage of the Red Sea; and the thought remains unexpressed, though it is understood, that with...
_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...
THOU DIDST WALK THROUGH THE SEA— See the note on Habakkuk 3:8 where an exposition of this verse is given: but Green understands it very differently, thus, Thou marchedst with thine horses to the west...
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...
Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters. THOU DIDST WALK THROUGH THE SEA WITH THINE HORSES - () No obstacle could prevent Thy progress, when leading Thy...
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.)...
THOU DIDST WALK. — Better, _Thou walkest._ “Heap” is probably the correct translation of _chômer_ here, as in Exodus 8:10. With this glance at the miraculous passage of the Red Sea (see Habakkuk 3:8)...
דָּרַ֥כְתָּ בַ † יָּ֖ם סוּסֶ֑יךָ חֹ֖מֶר מַ֥יִם...
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...
_Sea, &c., to deliver thy people from the Egyptian bondage; and thou shalt work the like wonders, in the spiritual way, to rescue the children of thy Church from their enemies. (Challoner) --- The wat...
These verses form a part in the sublime description of what went before the preceding verse, on which I do not think it needful, after what hath been said, to detain the Reader....
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...
Some read, “Thou hast trodden thy horses in the sea;” but it is a solecism, that is quite evident. Others, “Thou hast trodden in the sea by thy horses.” But what need is there of seeking such strained...
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...
THOU DIDST WALK THROUGH THE SEA WITH THINE HORSES,.... And as thou didst of old, so do again; as Jehovah walked through the Red sea in a pillar of cloud and fire, which were his horses and chariots, a...
Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, [through] the heap of great waters. Ver. 15. _Thou didst walk through the sea, &c._] _q.d._ Shall they thus prevail by iniquity? and did they carry...
_Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people_ For their deliverance and protection; _even for salvation with thine anointed_ With those appointed and qualified to be leaders and rulers of thy p...
Thou didst walk through the sea with Thine horses, as when Jehovah destroyed the army of Pharaoh and delivered His people, THROUGH THE HEAP OF GREAT WATERS, upon the billows of great waters, the expre...
JEHOVAH'S MAJESTIC COMING TO JUDGMENT...
HEAP: Or, mud...
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...
THOU, O God, or thou, O Israel, notwithstanding all plots and opposition, DIDST WALK; heldest on thy way, and walkedst from thy entering on the east of the land to the west thereof; from Beth-el, Jord...
Habakkuk 3:15 walked H1869 (H8804) sea H3220 horses H5483 heap H2563 great H7227 waters H4325 walk -...
‘You wounded the head from the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation, even to the neck. Selah (consider that!) You pierced with his own staves the head of his warriors, They came as a whi...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 3:12.] Acts of judgment connected with the salvation of Israel. MARCH] Solemn and majestic proceeding (Judges 5:4; Psalms 68:8). THRESH] Tread down the enemy ...
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,...
Habakkuk 3:8; Psalms 77:19...