Thy speech — In answer to the inquiry made Habakkuk 1:13. Was afraid — Trembled at what thou speakest. In the midst of the years — Even before the seventy years are expired. Make known — Thy truth, wisdom, power, and compassion.
Verse Habakkuk 3:2. _IN THE MIDST OF THE YEARS_] בקרב שנים _bekereb shanim_, "As the years approach." The nearer the time, the clearer and fuller is the prediction; and the signs of the times show th...
O LORD, I HAVE HEARD - i. e., with the inward ear of the heart, “Thy speech,” (rather as English margin, Thy report, i. e., the report of Thee) i. e., what may he heard and known of God, or, what he h...
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...
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;...
LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. HEARD THY SPEECH. heard Thy hearing. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6. SPEECH. hearing. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for what was heard....
_HABAKKUK'S PRAYER FOR MERCY -- HABAKKUK 3:1-2:_ The chapter begins "A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth." (Habakkuk 3:1) This prayer is "according to Shigionoth." The Amplified Bible tra...
DISCOURSE: 1225 A REVIVAL DESIRED Habakkuk 3:2. _O Lord, revive thy work!_ THE ministry of the Prophet Habakkuk seems to have been contemporaneous with that of the Prophet Jeremiah. He foretells the...
A PRAYER OF HABAKKUK— שׁגינות _Shigionoth_ signifies _wanderings._ This word of the prophet seems to relate both to the _deviations_ of the Jewish people from God's law, and also to their wandering, o...
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...
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. O LORD, I HAVE HEARD THY SPEECH -...
3:2 work (c-14) _ Poal_ . as ch. 1.5....
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...
THY SPEECH. — Better, _thy report,_ as in margin. The tone is that of Psalms 44:1, “We have heard with our ears O God! our fathers have told us... ” Jehovah’s doings at the _beginning_ of the years ar...
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...
יְהוָ֗ה שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי שִׁמְעֲךָ֮ יָרֵאתִי֒ יְהוָ֗ה פָּֽעָלְךָ֙...
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...
(b) O LORD, I have heard thy speech, [and] was afraid: O LORD, revive thy (c) work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. (b) Thus the people were a...
Thy hearing, &c. That is, thy oracles, the great and wonderful things thou hast revealed to me: and I was struck with a reverential fear and awe. (Challoner) --- I saw that the unjust would not escape...
The Prophet we left at his watch tower, in the opening of the foregoing chapter, to receive the Lord's answers, to his humble supplication, and here we find him again thankfully acknowledging the fait...
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...
_A PRAYER FOR REVIVAL_ ‘O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.’ Habakkuk 3:2 I. GOD HAS HIS GREAT AND SOLEMN EPOCHS IN HIS...
The Prophet says here, in the name of the whole people, that he was terrified by the voice of God, for so I understand the word, though in many places it means report, as some also explain it in this...
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...
O LORD, I HAVE HEARD THY SPEECH, [AND] WAS AFRAID,.... Or, "thy hearing" p; which the Lord had caused to be heard from and of himself; the report that had been made to him, and other prophets before h...
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, [and] was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. Ver. 2. _O Lord, I have heard thy...
Hab. 3:2. "Revive the work in the midst of the years; in the midst of the years make known, and in wrath remember mercy." There was a certain number of years that were as it were the appointed day of...
_O Lord, I have heard thy speech and was afraid_ I have heard what thou hast revealed to me concerning thy judgments to be executed, first upon thy own people, and afterward upon their enemies the Cha...
JEHOVAH'S MAJESTIC COMING TO JUDGMENT...
O Lord, I have heard Thy speech, the announcement of the judgment of punishment through the Chaldeans, AND WAS AFRAID. O LORD, REVIVE THY WORK, call into existence once more the former way of dealing...
THY SPEECH: _ Heb._ thy report or thy hearing REVIVE: Or, preserve alive...
1,2 The word prayer seems used here for an act of devotion. The Lord would revive his work among the people in the midst of the years of adversity. This may be applied to every season when the church,...
I HAVE HEARD; received answer to the inquiry made HABAKKUK 1:13, whether by voice from heaven, or by inward illumination or irradiation of the mind, or any other way of impression from the prophetic S...
Habakkuk 3:2 LORD H3068 heard H8085 (H8804) speech H8088 afraid H3372 (H8804) LORD H3068 revive H2421 ...
‘O YHWH, I have heard your report, And I fear, O YHWH, your work, In the midst of the years, renew it, In the midst of the years make it known, In wrath remember mercy. As Habakkuk considers what...
Zechariah 3:2 I. The first part of the prayer is, that God would revive His work. (1) God's working is the great subject of man's study, that on which man depends, and that which conditions all man's...
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...
_O Lord, revive Thy work._ REVIVAL I. What is meant by the work of the lord, and its revival? 1. It may mean the work of creation. Or the preservation and government of the world. At other times it...
_A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth._ GOD DEVOUTLY ADDRESSED This chapter presents to us God in three aspects, as devoutly addressed, as poetically portrayed, and as triumphantly enjoy...
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 3:2 I HAVE HEARD. Habakkuk had heard of God’s great saving acts, which he recalls in vv. Habakkuk 3:3 (see...
CRITICAL NOTES.] PRAYER] joined with praise. SHIGIONOTH] (cf. Psalms 7); this verse posterior to the prophecy. HABAKKUK 3:2. SPEECH] Report concerning God’s judgments. REVIVE] Preserve, revivify (Psal...
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,...
2 Chronicles 34:27; 2 Chronicles 34:28; 2 Samuel 24:10; Daniel 8:17;...