Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Habakkuk 3:8
thy chariots of salvation?:
Or, thy chariots were salvation
thy chariots of salvation?:
Or, thy chariots were salvation
Verse 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 commandin...
WAS THE LORD DISPLEASED AGAINST THE RIVERS? - The prophet asks the question thrice, as to the two miracles of the dividing of the Red Sea and the Jordan River, thereby the more earnestly declaring, th...
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;...
WAS... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ Rightly supplied in following clauses. THOU DIDST RIDE. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 33:26; Deuteronomy 33:27). HORSES. horses [of power]. AND. Some cod...
_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...
WAS THE LORD DISPLEASED AGAINST THE RIVERS— That is, "When thou appearedst, O Jehovah, at the Red Sea, in thy chariot of war, with thy bow drawn in thy hand, was it that thou wast displeased with the...
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...
Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? WAS THE LORD DI...
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...
WAS THE LORD DISPLEASED? — Better, _Is it with the rivers Jehovah is wroth? Is Thine anger against the rivers? Is Thy wrath against the sea? — that Thou_ (thus) _ridest upon Thy horses, that Thy chari...
הֲ בִ נְהָרִים֙ חָרָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אִ֤ם בַּ
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...
Was the LORD displeased against the (h) rivers? [was] thy anger against the rivers? [was] thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride (i) upon thy horses [and] thy chariots of salvation? (h) Mean...
With the rivers, &c. He alludes to the wonders wrought heretofore by the Lord in favour of his people Israel, when the waters of the rivers, viz., of Arnon and Jordan, and of the Red Sea, retired befo...
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...
The Prophet here applies the histories to which he has already referred, for the purpose of strengthening the hope of the faithful; so that they might know these to be so many proofs and pledges of Go...
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...
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 o...
Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? [was] thine anger against the rivers? [was] thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses [and] thy chariots of salvation? Ver. 8. _Was...
_Was the Lord_, &c. After the description of Jehovah, given in the preceding verses, the first of his wonderful works, recounted by the prophet, is the passage through the Red sea, where he represents...
JEHOVAH'S MAJESTIC COMING TO JUDGMENT...
Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? Was Thine anger against the rivers? literally, "Was it against the rivers that was kindled, Jehovah, was it against the rivers that Thy wrath was kindled?"....
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 prophet recalls to memory the miraculous dividing of the Red Sea and Jordan, when God divided them to make a passage for his people, when by a miracle he made the devouring element to be a safegua...
Habakkuk 3:8 LORD H3068 displeased H2734 (H8804) rivers H5104 anger H639 rivers H5104 wrath H5678 sea H3220 rode...
‘Was YHWH displeased against the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, Or your wrath against the sea? That you rode upon your horses, On your chariots of salvation? The opening up of the Rive...
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...
_Was the Lord displeased against the rivers?_ THE DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS We secure dominion over the forces of nature only through recognition of the laws that govern them. The floods that have made...
_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 3:8 RIVERS... SEA. God used his power over the Nile (Exodus 7:14) and Jordan Rivers ...
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,...
Deuteronomy 33:26; Deuteronomy 33:27; Exodus 14:21; Exodus 14:22;...
The sea — The Red Sea. Ride — As a general in the head of his army. Upon thine horses — Alluding to the manner of men. Salvation — No; but he came to save his people....