Habakkuk 3:1
SHIGIONOTH. The pl, of _Shiggaion_ (compare Psalms 7),. crying aloud. See App-65.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHIGIONOTH. The pl, of _Shiggaion_ (compare Psalms 7),. crying aloud. See App-65.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Here. Thy fame, as in Numbers 14:15; 1 Kings 10:1.Isaiah 66:19. AFRAID.. In awe; as in Exodus 14:... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4. Occurs in the prophets only here, and Isaiah, and Daniel. CAME FROM TEMAN. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 33:2). App-92. TEMAN... PARAN. Embraces the whole district south of Judah, including Sinai. Compare Genesis 21:21.Numbers 12:16; Numbers 1:13; Numbers 1:26; Deu... [ Continue Reading ]
HORNS. power. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, for the power put forth by them. Hebrew dual. two rays. COMING OUT OF. from: i.e. power from [His] hands [is] His. THE HIDING, &C.. hiding (or concealing) of His [full] power.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE HIM WENT, &C. Supply the logical _Ellipsis_: "[As He went forth to conquer for His People] before Him went", &c. See Exodus 28:27; Psalms 68:1; Psalms 68:2. BURNING COALS: or, lightning Compare Psalms 18:8; Psalms 76:3; Psalms 78:48.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEASURED THE EARTH: or, caused the earth to tremble. So the Targum and the requirement of the "correspondence" with the next line. BEHELD. looked. DROVE ASUNDER THE NATIONS. caused the nations to shake, or start. SCATTERED. shattered. PERPETUAL. ancient, or primeval.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN AFFLICTION. [brought low] by affliction. CURTAINS. hangings. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the tents formed by them.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 codices, with three early printed editions (one Rabbinic), Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read this... [ Continue Reading ]
THY BOW. [Nay] Thy how, &c. NAKED. bare. ACCORDING TO THE OATHS OF THE TRIBES... SELAH. This second "Selah" (see App-66) is to connect the remarkable parenthetic statement with the continuation of the details of Israel's deliverances, which it interrupts, and might otherwise have disturbed. The te... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MOUNTAINS SAW THEE. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 19:18). App-92. Compare Psalms 114:4. THE OVERFLOWING, &C. Referring to the Jordan. Compare Joshua 3:15; Joshua 3:16. THE DEEP, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:22). App-92. UTTERED HIS VOICE, i.e. [at Thy presence]. LIFTED UP, &C.. li... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
THRESH. tread down. Compare Judges 5:4.Psalms 68:7. HEATHEN. nations: i.e. the nations of Canaan... [ Continue Reading ]
ANOINTED: i.e. for the salvation of Jehovah's anointed People (sing). See Psalms 105:15. WOUNDEDST. dashest in pieces. OUT OF. from. THE WICKED. [the] lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'_. App-44. Looking forward to the final destruction of Israel's enemy in the person of the Antichrist. The Targum (or... [ Continue Reading ]
STRIKE THROUGH. pierce. HIS STAVES. his own weapons. Compare Judges 7:22. HEAD. chief. VILLAGES. leaders. Hebrew text. "leader"(singular); but margin "leaders" (plural), with some codices and five early printed editions. THEY CAME OUT, &C.. = [when] they came forth. me: i.e. me [who am Thy Peopl... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAP. foaming.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. HEARD. See the Structure (p. 1269). BELLY. body. VOICE. voice [saying]. ROTTENNESS. decay. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "restlessness". MYSELF. Place. full stop here, and commence. new sentence. THAT. MIGHT. O that. might find (or be at) rest, &c. HE: i.e. th... [ Continue Reading ]
ALTHOUGH. Hebrew. _ki,_ as in 2 Samuel 23:5. but must be understood not as being hypothetical, but as bringing out the antithesis with Habakkuk 3:18 (compare Job 8:7). FIG TREE... VINES... OLIVE. See note on Judges 9:8. BLOSSOM. The edible fig, which is the blossom: i.e. the receptacle containing.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD OF MY SALVATION. Compare Psalms 18:46; Psalms 24:5; Psalms 25:5; Psalms 27:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew Adonai. App-4. STRENGTH. might, or force. Compare Psalms 18:32. WILL MAKE, &C. Compare 2 Samuel 1:23. 2Sa 23:24. 1 Chronicles 12:8; Psalms 18:33. HE WILL MAKE ME, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:29). App-92. Compare Amos 4:13. [ Continue Reading ]