Scofield's Bible Commentary
Habakkuk 3:17
Although
That is, despite the afflictions of Israel in dispersion, the prophet will rejoice because of the Lord, as yet to return to His temple.
Although
That is, despite the afflictions of Israel in dispersion, the prophet will rejoice because of the Lord, as yet to return to His temple.
Verse Habakkuk 3:17. _ALTHOUGH THE FIG TREE SHALL NOT BLOSSOM_] תפרח _tiphrach_, "shall not flourish," shall _not put forth its young_ _figs_, for the fig tree does _not blossom_. The _young figs appe...
ALTHOUGH - literally, For THE FIG TREE SHALL NOT BLOSSOM - The prophet repeats his confidence in God, premising his knowledge that all human hopes should fail. I know, he says, all stay and support sh...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
_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...
DISCOURSE: 1226 THE CHRISTIAN’S BOAST Habakkuk 3:17. _Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no m...
ALTHOUGH THE FIG-TREE SHALL NOT BLOOM, &C.— For then the fig-tree shall not flourish, Nor shall fruit be on the vines: The produce of the olives shall fail, And the fields shall supply no food: The fl...
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...
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and the...
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...
ALTHOUGH. — Better, _For._ The conjunction connects this verse with what precedes, and explains Habakkuk’s affliction more fully. With the sword shall come famine, invasion as usual producing desolati...
(10-18) All the verbs in these verses are misrendered as regards tense. (See note on 3-15.)...
(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....
כִּֽי ־תְאֵנָ֣ה לֹֽא ־תִפְרָ֗ח וְ אֵ֤ין יְבוּ
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...
_Fail. Literally, "lie," (Haydock) or frustrate our expectations. (Calmet) --- Spem mentita seges. (Hor.[Horace?] i. ep. 7.) --- Fold. Septuagint, "food."_...
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...
_REJOICING IN GOD_ (_A Harvest Sermon_) ‘Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flo...
The Prophet declares now at large what that rest would be of which he had spoken; it would be even this—that he would not cease to rejoice in God, even in the greatest afflictions. He indeed foresees...
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...
ALTHOUGH THE FIG TREE SHALL NOT BLOSSOM,.... Or rather, as the Septuagint version, "shall not bring forth fruit"; since the fig tree does not bear blossoms and flowers, but puts forth green figs at on...
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall] fruit [be] in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and...
_Although the fig-tree shall not blossom_ Though all outward means of support should fail, yet will I still have a firm confidence in the power, goodness, and faithfulness of God, that he will preserv...
Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive, as it brings forth its blossoms and yields its fruit, SHALL FAIL, shriveling up, AND THE FIELDS SH...
A PLEA FOR MERCY...
FAIL: _ Heb._ lie...
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...
To war foreseen the prophet supposeth famine, and describeth the most grievous, as indeed it fell out. ALTHOUGH THE FIG TREE, which was in that country a very considerable part of their provision to l...
Habakkuk 3:17 tree H8384 blossom H6524 (H8799) fruit H2981 vines H1612 labor H4639 olive H2132 fail H3584 ...
‘For though the fig tree will not blossom, Nor will fruit be in the vines, The produce of the olive will fail, And the fields will yield no food, The flock will be cut off from the fold, And ther...
Zechariah 3:17 The prophet herein declares two things which are of supreme importance in the highest life of man. I. He declares the possibility of having joy independently of all external things. He...
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...
_Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, etc._ UNITED PRAYER FOR REMOVAL OF TEMPORAL AFFLICTIONS We are called in a special manner to humble ourselves before God, on account of a great national cala...
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 3:17 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...
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,...
Amos 4:6; Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 28:30; Haggai 2:16;...
The labour — The labour bestowed upon the olive. Yield no meat — Corn. Flock — Of sheep....