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. the invader.
unto. against.
he will invade. he will overcome. Heb gud. Occurs only here, and Genesis 49:19.
Verse Habakkuk 3:16. _WHEN I HEARD, MY BELLY TREMBLED_] The prophet, having finished his account of the wonders done by Jehovah, in bringing their fathers from Egypt into the promised land, now retur...
WHEN I HEARD - , better, “I heard and ...” The prophet sums up, resuming that same declaration with which he had begun, “I heard, I was afraid.” Only now he expresses far more strongly both his awe at...
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;...
_HABAKKUK'S RESPONSE TO GOD'S MESSAGE -- HABAKKUK 3:16-19:_ When Habakkuk heard God's message he responded in fear. He knew that destruction was coming upon his nation. He also knew that later God wou...
WHEN I HEARD, MY BELLY TREMBLED; MY LIPS QUIVERED, &C.— The prophet, having recounted, for the present encouragement of the faithful, the wonderful works which God had formerly done for his people, re...
HYMN OF FAITH. Habakkuk 3:16-19 RV. I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day...
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people,...
3:16 invader (a-35) Or 'his overcomer.' people. (b-41) Or 'when he that rusheth in troops upon us shall come up against the people.' Cf. Genesis 49:19 ....
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...
(10-18) All the verbs in these verses are misrendered as regards tense. (See note on 3-15.)...
THAT I MIGHT REST... — Better, _that I should be resting quiet in the day of trouble, when he cometh up against the people who is to oppress them. _...
(16-19) Habakkuk now reverts abruptly to the Divine sentence of Habakkuk 1:5 _et seq.,_ and describes with what emotion he meditates on the coming disasters, and on his own inability to prevent them....
שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי ׀ וַ תִּרְגַּ֣ז בִּטְנִ֗י לְ קֹול֙...
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...
When I (t) heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in (u) the day of trouble: when he cometh up (x) to th...
I have heard, &c., viz., the evils that are now coming upon the Israelites for their sins; and that shall come hereafter upon all impenitent sinners: and the foresight that I have of these miseries ma...
If we read these verses as we ought to read them, implying the spiritual effect wrought upon the mind of the Prophet, and in like manner what may be supposed in the same way to influence every child o...
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...
Those interpreters are mistaken in my view, who connect the verb, “I have heard,” with the last verse, as though the Prophet had said, that he had conceived dread from those evidences of God’s power:...
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...
WHEN I HEARD, MY BELLY TREMBLED,.... His bowels, his heart within him, at the report made of what would come to pass in future time; and not so much at hearing of the judgments of God that should come...
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people,...
_When I heard, my belly trembled_ The prophet, having recounted, for the present encouragement of the faithful, the wonderful works which God had formerly wrought for his people, here returns again to...
A PLEA FOR MERCY...
When I heard, my belly trembled, namely, with terror at the revelation of the mighty judgment of Jehovah, MY LIPS QUIVERED AT THE VOICE, so that he was unable to steady them; ROTTENNESS ENTERED INTO M...
INVADE THEM: Or, cut them in pieces...
16-19 When we see a day of trouble approach, it concerns us to prepare. A good hope through grace is founded in holy fear. The prophet looked back upon the experiences of the church in former ages, a...
WHEN I HEARD, what dreadful desolations God threatened against Israel, HABAKKUK 1:5, for of those he now speaketh and meditateth, having finished his elegant description of God's wonderful works of me...
Habakkuk 3:16 heard H8085 (H8804) body H990 trembled H7264 (H8799) lips H8193 quivered H6750 (H8804) voice...
‘I heard and my belly trembled, My lips quivered at the sound (‘voice'), Rottenness entered into my bones, And I trembled in my place, I will rest in the day of trouble, When he comes up against...
Zechariah 3:16 We know things which do tremble that they may rest. "I tremble that I may rest" say the magnet, the planet, the bird. So says the heart in its language, the soul in its sorrowings. I tr...
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...
_And I trembled in myself._ HORROR OF GOD I. It is an abnormal state of mind. The benevolent character of God, and the moral constitution of the soul are sufficient to show that it was never intended...
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 3:16 I HEAR. Habakkuk realizes he must wait patiently while his people are punished, and then God will unleash his power against the Babylonians....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 3:16. Trembled] The prophet describes his own feelings at the coming of Jehovah: first, fear and trembling; then, exulting joy (Habakkuk 3:18). “The alarm pervades his whole...
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 Kings 24:1; 2 Kings 24:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Daniel 10:8; Dan
When I heard — What dreadful desolations God threatened against Israel. My heart trembled — Another effect of surprising fears and astonishment. Rottenness — A decay of all my strength. That I might r...