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Verse Habakkuk 3:19. _THE LORD GOD_ IS _MY STRENGTH_] This is an
imitation, if not a quotation, from Psalms 18:32-19, where see the
notes.
_WILL MAKE ME TO WALK UPON MINE HIGH PLACES_] This last ver...
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THE LORD GOD IS MY STRENGTH - The prophet does not inwardly only exult
and triumph in God, but he confesses also in words of praise, that in
Him he hath all things, that He is All things in him. And a...
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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...
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A liturgical addition, expressing perfect trust in Yahweh even amid
loss and grief (cf. Joel 1:17).
HABAKKUK 3:17. For _tiphrah_, blossom, read probably _tiphreh_, bear
fruit (LXX).
Habakkuk 3:19. F...
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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;...
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It is not easy to say whether Habakkuk 3:17 contains a series of
suppositions referring to what may happen in the future, or describes
a condition of things actually existing. The latter way of readin...
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_The Lord God is my strength_ lit. _Jehovah, the Lord is_, &c. Psalms
73:26, "God is the strength of my heart"; Psalms 18:32, "The God that
girdeth me with strength." The strength is an inward one, co...
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_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...
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AND HE WILL MAKE ME TO WALK, &C.— _And cause me to tread again on my
own high places._ By _high places,_ the prophet seems to mean the
fruitful hills of Judaea; at least Moses uses the word in this se...
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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...
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The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds'
feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief
singer on my
THE LORD GOD ... WILL MAKE MY FEET LIKE HINDS' F...
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3:19 Lord, (c-3) _ Jehovah Adonai_ . see Ezekiel 2:4 ....
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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...
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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...
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(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....
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THE LORD GOD. — This is an adaptation from Psalms 18:33. The
“hinds’ feet” indicate the strength and elasticity of the
prophet’s confidence; the “high places” are, as Kleinert
observes, “the heights o...
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יְהוִ֤ה אֲדֹנָי֙ חֵילִ֔י וַ יָּ֤שֶׂם
רַגְלַי֙...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The LORD God [is] my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds'
[feet], and he will make me to walk upon my high places. (z) To the
chief singer on my stringed instruments.
(z) The chief singer u...
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Places. I shall escape the fury of the Chaldeans, and sing a hymn of
thanksgiving. (Calmet) --- "The conqueror singing psalms" may be
unconnected with the rest, (Haydock) and designed to shew that the...
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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...
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REFLECTIONS
HAIL! thou Almighty Lord Jesus! do I not behold thee in this precious
scripture, set forth as the great Saviour and Redeemer of thy Church
and people? Truly, Lord, thy goings forth have be...
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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...
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He confirms the same truth,—that he sought no strength but in God
alone. But there is an implied contrast between God and those supports
on which men usually lean. There is indeed no one, who is not o...
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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...
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THE LORD GOD [IS] MY STRENGTH,.... The author and giver of natural and
spiritual strength, as he is to all his people; he is the strength of
their hearts when ready to faint and sink, and of their gra...
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The LORD God [is] my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds'
[feet], and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the
chief singer on my stringed instruments.
Ver. 19. _The Lord God i...
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_The Lord God is my strength_ He that is the God of our salvation in
another world, will be our strength in this world, to carry us on in
our journey thither, and help us over the difficulties and opp...
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The Lord God is my Strength, Psalms 27:1, AND HE WILL MAKE MY FEET
LIKE HINDS' FEET, strong and sure-footed, AND HE WILL MAKE ME TO WALK
UPON MINE HIGH PLACES, on the heights of salvation to which one...
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A PLEA FOR MERCY...
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STRINGED INSTRUMENTS:
_ Heb._ Neginoth...
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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...
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The prophet had in his own, and in the name of all the godly, made a
full profession of his faith, and resolution to behave himself with
joy in midst of troubles, HABAKKUK 3:17,18; now he gives us acc...
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Habakkuk 3:19 LORD H3069 God H136 strength H2428 make H7760 (H8799)
feet H7272 deers H355 walk H1869 ...
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‘YHWH the Lord is my strength,
And he makes my feet like hind's feet,
And will make me to walk on my high places.'
From now on no disaster will be able to touch him. For YHWH, the Lord
of creation...
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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...
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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...
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_The Lord God is my strength, and He will make my feet like hinds’
feet._
STRENGTH, BUOYANCY, DEVOTION
The expressions are of a highly metaphorical and imaginative
character, but they admit of being...
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HAPPY FEET
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet. Habakkuk 3:19.
Some of you girls are not a little proud of your feet. When you get a
new pair of shoes you stick your feet well out in front of you and...
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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...
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HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 3:17 Anticipating great destruction by the
Babylonians, Habakkuk has radically changed. He began by informing God
how to run his world; he ends by trusting that God knows bes...
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HABAKKUK—NOTE ON HABAKKUK 3:19 HE MAKES MY FEET LIKE THE DEER’S.
Habakkuk can have confidence in God. He can live on the heights even
during extreme circumstances (see Malachi 4:2
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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...
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EXPOSITION
HABAKKUK 3:1
Part II. PSALM OR PRAYER OF HABAKKUK.
HABAKKUK 3:1
§ 1. _The title._ A PRAYER. There is only one form
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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,...
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2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Samuel 22:34; Colossians
1:11;...
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Like hinds feet — That I may escape to God my refuge. He will make
me — To conquer and triumph....