( Habakkuk 3:3 Habakkuk 3:9 Habakkuk 3:13), implies. The Prophet’s Prayer - A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth. (McGee, J. Vernon. Habakkuk 3:10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. JOE GUGLIELMO. You should preach Habakkuk because of Luther. Study This. These two judgments and these two deliverances are comprehended in an undivided unity in the words of the prophet, Babel being regarded not only in its historical character, but also in its typical significance, as the beginning and the hearth of the kingdom of the world. It was from these two facts that Babel became the type of the imperial power, and not because the division of the human race into nations with different languages, and their dispersion over the whole earth, had their origin there (see A. ch. The prediction that the daughter Zion, i.e., the nation of Israel which was governed from Zion, and had its centre in Zion - the covenant nation which, since the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes, existed in Judah only - should be carried away to Babylon, and that at a time when Assyria was in the field as the chief enemy of Israel and the representative of the imperial power, goes so far beyond the bounds of the political horizon of Micah's time, that it cannot be accounted for from any natural presentiment. For this double announcement may be very simply explained from the fact that the judgments which Israel had yet to endure, and the period of glory to follow, lay, like a long, deep diorama, before the prophet's mental eye; and that in his threatenings he plunged sometimes more, sometimes less, deeply into those judgments which lay in perspective before him (see Delitzsch on Isaiah, at Isaiah 32:20). When Joshua fought against the Amorites, at his command the sun and moon stood still, to give the Israelites time for the destruction of their enemies; and while these gave them light, Jehovah sent out his arrows and scattered them. In Isaiah 32:14, Isaiah also foretels the devastation, or rather the destruction, of Jerusalem, notwithstanding the fact that he has more than once announced the deliverance of the city of God from Asshur, and that without getting into contradiction with himself. Habakkuk 3:1 What is the meaning of shigionoth in Habakkuk? The great statement of Habakkuk 2:4, “the just shall live by his faith,” has been quoted three times in the New Testament: Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; and Hebrews 10:38. Its correctness is apparently favoured, indeed, by the circumstance that Micah threatened the people of his own time with the judgment (for your sakes shall Zion be ploughed into a field, etc.). Habakkuk Bible Study Commentary: The Book of Habakkuk - Then & Now. Maurer translates, "At the light of Thine arrows (which) went" or flew. Habakkuk 3:3, 9, 13 What does selah mean in the Bible? Chapter 1 ended with the prophet perplexed that God could use the wicked nation of Babylon to judge an ungodly Judah. The sun and moon stood still in their habitation — At the command of Joshua. 1 This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet: # tn The Hebrew text adds עַל שִׁגְיֹנוֹת (’al shigyonot, “upon [or, “according to”] shigyonot”). Jehovah sent out his arrows and scattered them. Micah neither mentions the Assyrians nor the Babylonians as executing the judgment, nor does he say a word concerning the time when the predicted devastation or destruction of Jerusalem will occur. 3. The persons addressed are the scandalous leaders of the house of Israel, i.e., of the covenant nation, and primarily those living in his own time, though by no means those only, but all who share their character and ungodliness, so that the words apply to succeeding generations quite as much as to his contemporaries. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position: thine arrows flew abroad, and by their shining, thy glittering spear. In the expression בּגללכם, for your sakes (Micah 3:12), it is by no means affirmed that it will take place in his time through the medium of the Assyrians. It was used in public worship, as the musical term, "Selah!" All that can be inferred from Micah 5:4-5, where Asshur is mentioned as the representative of all the enemies of Israel, and of the power of the world in its hostility to the people of God in the Messianic times, is that at the time of Micah the imperial power in its hostility to the kingdom of God was represented by Assyria; but it by no means follows that Assyria would always remain the imperial power, so that it could only be from her that Micah could expect the destruction of Jerusalem, and the carrying away of Judah to Babylon. Habakkuk is something of a “Q&A with God.” The prophet poses a question in 1:1–4, and God responds in 1:5–11. A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk according to Shigionoth.The Prophet's Prayer O Lord, I have heard of your renown,and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work.In our own time revive it;in our own time ma The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation This is generally thought to refer to the miracle in the times of Joshua, ( Joshua 10:12 Joshua 10:13 ) but a different word is there used, especially of the standing still of the sun; nor are the sun and moon said there to stand in their habitation; nor will the series of the history of times past, or the thread of prophecy of things to come, admit of this reference; nor do the words express the clear shining of the sun and moon at their standing still, but the reverse; for the phrase, "in their habitation", may be rendered, "within their tent" F16, or pavilion; (See Gill on Psalms 19:4); which is no other than their being encompassed and covered with clouds; which is just such a pavilion as God is said to be in, when "darkness was his secret place; his pavilion round about him dark waters and thick clouds of the skies", ( Psalms 18:11 ) and so is expressive of the dark times of antichrist, which followed, when the Pagan persecutions were over, Christianity supported by secular powers, and the Christian churches raised to the height of riches and honour; and then the man of sin showed himself, the pope of Rome took upon him the title of universal bishop, and introduced false doctrines, strange worship, and bad discipline, into the church, and obscured the glorious light of it; and Mahomet also arose with his locusts, the Saracens, out of the bottomless pit opened, from whence came a smoke which darkened the sun and air, ( Revelation 9:1 Revelation 9:2 ) : at the light of thine arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear; the commonly received sense of the words is, either at the light and shining of the sun and moon, when they stood still in Joshua's time; the arrows of the Almighty, and the lightning of his spear, that is, hailstones mingled with fire, and thunder, and lightning, which the heathens call Jupiter's arrows; these steered their course, being directed against the enemies of the Lord's people, and fought for them, ( Joshua 10:10 Joshua 10:11 ) or at the light of these, which looked very bright and dazzling through the rays of the sun upon them, the Israelites marched against their enemies, and avenged themselves on them: but these bright arrows and glittering spear, and the light and shining of them, seem to design no other than the weapons of the Christian ministry or warfare; the Gospel, and the doctrines of it; the light of which broke forth at the Reformation, the same that is meant by the "morning star", ( Revelation 2:28 ) irradiated by which, the ministers of it especially went forth with courage against their antichristian enemies, and prevailed, and spread the Gospel in many countries. It does not necessarily mean “burden”, but can also mean “oracle” or. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. If this threat were only conditional, the promise would also have only a conditional validity; and the final glorification of the kingdom of God would be dependent upon the penitence of the great mass of the people of Israel, - a view which is diametrically opposed to the real nature of the prophecies of both, yea, of all the prophets. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. they went—The sun and moon "went," not as always heretofore, but according to the light and direction of Jehovah's arrows, namely, His lightnings hurled in defense of His people; astonished at these they stood still [Calvin]. Habakkuk 3:11. (p) "intra habitaculum", Cocceius, Van Till, "vel in tugurio", ib. (11) The sun and moon stand still in their habitation--scil., where they were at the beginning of the judgment. It is true that it has an analogon in Isaiah 34:6-7, where Isaiah predicts to king Hezekiah in the most literal terms the carrying away of all his treasures, and of his sons (descendants), to Babylon. message from God. It has therefore been thought, that in Micah 3:12 Micah predicts the destruction of Jerusalem, and here in Micah 4:10 the carrying away of Judah to Babylon by the Assyrians; and this opinion, that Micah expected the judgment upon Jerusalem and Judah to be executed by the Assyrians, and not by the Babylonians, has been supported partly by such passages as Micah 5:4-5, and Jeremiah 26:18-19, and partly by the circumstance that Micah threatens his own corrupt contemporaries with the judgment which he predicts on account of their sins; whereas in his time the Assyrians were the only possible executors of a judgment upon Israel who were then standing on the stage of history (Caspari). - Galatians 3:11 "The just shall live by faith" (and not by the law through which nobody can be justified). : "from strength to strength, Psalm 84:7. from good to better, from the way to their home," by the bright light of the lightning of God's Judgments, wherein His glory shall be manifested. Chapter 3 is Habakkuk's prayer. It may be rendered as a petition, "let them walk at the light" F17; a prayer of faith that it might be, and which is a prophecy that it would be. All rights reserved. Habakkuk’s Prayer - A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth. Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger Habakkuk 3:1 Probably a literary or musical term Habakkuk 3:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the middle of verse 9 and at the end of verse 13. Commentary on Habakkuk 3:1,2 (Read Habakkuk 3:1,2) The word prayer seems used here for an act of devotion. Goth. Lmmert, Babel, das Thier und der falsche Prophet. He has been called the prophet of faith. That the words of Micah, in their deepest sense, should be so interpreted, is not only warranted, but necessitated, by the announcement which follows in Micah 4:11-13 of the victorious conflict of Zion with many nations, which points far beyond the conflicts of the Jews in the times succeeding the captivity. 1862, p. It may be rendered as a petition, "let them walk at the light" (q), &c.; a prayer of faith that it might be, and which is a prophecy that it would be. Proud member It is attributed to the prophet Habakkuk, and was probably composed in the late 7th century BC.. Of the three chapters in the book, the first two are a dialog between Yahweh and the prophet. The message that "the just shall live by his faith" plays an important role in Christian thought. Even the building of the city with a tower intended to reach to heaven was a work of human pride, and an ungodly display of power (Genesis 11:4. The disciples then, first having the lightning of Thine arms, shall lead others also to its Light. Habakkuk 3:11. At the light of thine arrows they went — By their light thine arrows fled abroad, and by their shinings thy glittering spear. And lastly, although the distinction between conditional prophecies and those uttered unconditionally is, generally speaking, correct enough, and is placed beyond all doubt by Jeremiah 18:7-10; there is nothing in the addresses and threatenings of the two prophets to indicate that Micah uttered his threats conditionally, i.e., in case there should be no repentance, whereas Isaiah uttered his unconditionally. For most transparent is virtue." The sun and moon stood still in their habitation —, At the light of thine arrows they went —. But these arguments are not decisive. It may refer to the literary genre of the prayer or to the musical style to be employed when it is sung. Dion. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. We don’t know Habakkuk’s occupation. Moreover, in Isaiah 28-32 there is not a single trace that Micah's terrible threatening had produced such repentance, that the Lord was able to withdraw His threat in consequence, and predict through Isaiah the rescue of Jerusalem from the Assyrian. Habakkuk 3:11 KJV - The sun and moon stood still in their - Bible Gateway. Foreshadowings: The Apostle Paul quotes Habakkuk 2:4 on two different occasions (Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11) to reiterate the doctrine of justification by faith. light of thine arrows—hail mixed with lightnings (Jos 10:10, 11). At the light of thine arrows they went — Or rather, by their light (namely, the light of the sun and moon) thine arrows flew abroad, and by their shining, thy glittering spear. In 1947 several old scrolls have been found in the caves of Qumran above the Dead Sea. The best part of this song is that it shows that Habakkuk truly grasped what God was teaching him. But those words are Thine arrows, shining arrows, showing by their light the way of life, and by their sharp point pricking the hearts of people unto repentance.". Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Thru the Bible Commentary, Vol. But whether the opinion of these chief men as to the meaning and fulfilment of Micah's prophecy (Micah 3:12) was the correct one or not, cannot be decided from the passage quoted. God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Compiled & Edited by BST & Crosswalk Staff, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 36ff. Arrows and spears are part of the spiritual armory of God, wherewith the people are subdued unto Him. Habakkuk 3:11 “The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.” King James Version (KJV) The only thing that would warrant our restricting the prophecy to Micah's own times, would be a precise definition by Micah himself of the period when Jerusalem would be destroyed, or his expressly distinguishing his own contemporaries from their sons and descendants. - Hebrews 10:38 "The just shall live by faith" (which means, the just shall not go into perdition with the godless). Now, if he had been speaking of a judgment upon Judah through the medium of the Babylonians, "he would (so Caspari thinks) not only have threatened his contemporaries with a judgment which could not fall upon them, since it was not possible till after their time, inasmuch as the Assyrians were on the stage in his day; but he would also have been most incomprehensibly silent as to the approaching Assyrian judgment, of which Isaiah spoke again and again." ); and it is in this typical significance of Babel that we have to seek not only for the reason for the divine purpose to banish the people of God to Babel, when they were given up to the power of the kingdom of the world, but also for a point of connection for the prophetic announcement when this purpose had been communicated to the prophet's mind. The Word of God is a library of wisdom and encouragement, that we would do well to heed. At the light of Thine arrows they went - A. E.: "There was no need of the sun by day, nor of the moon by night; for by the light of Thine arrows can the sons of men hold their way." Selah His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of His praise. Habakkuk 3:11 Translation & Meaning. Cyril: "armory, not wherewith He is girt but which He giveth to those who are meet; bright and as it were full of lightning. Cyril: "because to those who love sin virtue has no beauty, nor, as yet, any brightness. Habakkuk 3:11 Sun and moon stood in their places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, at the radiance of Your gleaming spear. The song is a prayer, the response that he promised God in Habakkuk 2:1. The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; stand still, or withdraw into their habitation. Moreover, such an explanation is proved to be untenable by the fact, that in Micah the threat of the destruction of Jerusalem and of the desolation of the temple mountain (Micah 3:12) stands in the closest connection with the promise, that at the end of the days the mountain of God's house will be exalted above all mountains, and Jehovah reign on Zion as king for ever (Micah 4:1-3 and Micah 7:1). What does this verse really mean? Habakkuk 3:17-19 How can we learn to trust God like the prophet Habakkuk? His words refer to all the judgments, which took place from his own time onwards till the utter destruction of Jerusalem and the carrying away of the people to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. On the contrary, Isaiah scourges the evil judges and false prophets quite as severely in Isaiah 28:7. and Isaiah 29:9-12 as Micah does in Micah 3:1-3 and Micah 3:5-8. The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of your arrows they went, and at the shining of your glittering spear. The Lord would revive his work among the people in the midst of the years of adversity. Now he can only stand back in awe and in reverential fear of the One who will act on behalf of His people. But to those who know her she is nothing less than lightning, bright and transparent, so that whoso hath her is easily known to all around. At the same time, this analogy is not sufficient to explain the prediction before us; for Isaiah's prophecy was uttered during the period immediately following the destruction of the Assyrian forces in front of Jerusalem and the arrival of Babylonian ambassadors in Jerusalem, and had a point of connection in these events, which indicated the destruction of the Assyrian empire and the rise of Babylon in its stead, at all events in the germ; whereas no such connecting link exists in the case of Micah's prophecy, which was unquestionably uttered before these events. by I Gordon. At the light of thine arrows they went — By their light thine arrows fled abroad, and by their shinings thy glittering spear. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible with his staves — with the “wicked” (Habakkuk 3:13) foe‘s own sword (Maurer translates, “spears”) (Judges 7:22).. head of his villages — Not only kings were overthrown by God‘s hand, but His vengeance passed through the foe‘s villages and dependencies. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy. Perhaps he was a farmer. The judgments of God are a light to His people, while they are the destruction of His enemies; in them they "learn righteousness" Isaiah 26:9. What Does Proverbs 3:11 Mean? My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD Or loathe His reproof, Proverbs 3:11(NASB) Verse Thoughts. They went then at the light of Thine arrows. of 2. The sun and moon stand still in their courses; 1 the flash of your arrows drives them away, 2 the bright light of your lightning-quick spear. This argument falls to the ground with the untenable assumptions upon which it is founded. When all other light is withdrawn, and the Sun, our Lord, is hardly beheld in the darkness of the last days, and the moon, the Church, shall not give her light, Christ not shining upon her as before, because "iniquity shall abound, and the love of many shall wax cold," and "stars," many who seem to shine with the light of grace, "shall fall from heaven," His own shall walk on and advance in holiness. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible with his staves — with the “wicked” (Habakkuk 3:13) foe‘s own sword (Maurer translates, “spears”) (Judges 7:22).. head of his villages — Not only kings were overthrown by God‘s hand, but His vengeance passed through the foe‘s villages and dependencies. The arrows are God's judgments, as they threaten and wound from afar; The shining of Thy glittering spear - literally, of the lightning of Thy spear, when close at hand. After being greatly chastened, he tells God that he understood what He was saying. at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear; the commonly received sense of the words is, either at the light and shining of the sun and moon, when they stood still in Joshua's time; the arrows of the Almighty, and the lightning of his spear, that is, hailstones mingled with fire, and thunder, and lightning, which the heathens call Jupiter's arrows; these steered their course, being directed against the enemies of the Lord's people, and fought for them, Joshua 10:10 or at the light of these, which looked very bright and dazzling through the rays of the sun upon them, the Israelites marched against their enemies, and avenged themselves on them: but these bright arrows and glittering spear, and the light and shining of them, seem to design no other than the weapons of the Christian ministry or warfare; the Gospel, and the doctrines of it; the light of which broke forth at the Reformation, the same that is meant by the "morning star", Revelation 2:28 irradiated by which, the ministers of it especially went forth with courage against their antichristian enemies, and prevailed, and spread the Gospel in many countries. O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! (q) "ambulent ad lucem", &c. Van Till. 1. prayer--the only strictly called prayers are in Habakkuk 3:2. 30: Nahum & Habakkuk. Habakkuk expresses his faith in God in a hymn: “Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I … : sun: Jos 10:12,13 Isa 28:21 Isa 38:8; Places: Ps 19:4; At the light: Jos 10:11 Ps 18:12-14 Ps 77:17,18 Ps 144:5,6; Habakkuk 3 Resources - … He did not understand why God did not punish the iniquity of the house of Judah, and bring them back to Himself, as He had done in times past. Habakkuk 3:11. Introduction . Habakkuk 3:7 Who were the Cushites? Babel has this double significance in the Scriptures from the very commencement. (p) According to your command the sun was directed by the weapons of your people, that fought in your cause, as though it dare not go forward. He had been given the vision from God concerning the end; he had heard the Lord's response to his questions and concerns. Habakkuk Chapter 2: The Five Woes Against Society. A. Habakkuk describes catastrophic trials Habakkuk lists out some of the worst trials that people faced in his days. Habakkuk offers a rejoinder in 1:5–2:1 before God gives a final reply in the rest of Chapter 2. The Book of Habakkuk is the eighth book of the 12 minor prophets of the Bible. Habakkuk 3:11, KJV: "The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear." Here, of course, Habakkuk has in mind Joshua 10:12-13.The rest of the verse is best rendered, at the light of Thine arrows which go abroad, at the bright glancing of Thy spear. When Joshua fought against the Amorites, at his command the sun and moon stood still, to give the Israelites time for the destruction of their enemies; and while these gave them light, Jehovah sent out his arrows and scattered them. (The Bible Knowledge Commentary, 1508) Is this burden Habakkuk saw a vision of the wickedness of the nations. The meaning of this word is uncertain. The Hebrew is from a … : "They were enlightened and began, by preaching, to send forth shining words of truth. Habakkuk 3:11, NASB : "Sun and moon stood in their places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your gleaming spear." 'the sun shall be no more for thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee, and the Lord shall be to thee an everlasting light.'" Tanchum: "This is a mystical interpretation, as you see; this is like the promise of the Most High; Isaiah 60:19. But as he has done neither the one nor the other, it cannot be said that, inasmuch as the destruction of Jerusalem and the carrying away of the people was not effected by the Assyrians, but by the Babylonians (Chaldaeans), he would have been altogether silent as to the approaching Assyrian judgment, and only threatened them with the Chaldaean catastrophe, which did not take place till a long time afterwards. Salem Media Group. This may be applied to every season when the church, or believers, suffer under afflictions and trials. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. Habakkuk, indeed, saw a burden which he lifted up to God. The theme of Habakkuk is faith. 28-32 at a somewhat later period, after Micah had published his book, and the terribly severe words of Micah in Micah 3:12 had produced repentance. The same thing applies to Micah, who goes to a great depth both in his threats and promises, not only predicting the judgment in all its extremity, - namely, the utter destruction of Jerusalem, and the carrying away of the people to Babel, - but also the salvation in its ultimate perfection, viz., the glorification of Zion. Habakkuk 3:3 What does it mean that God came from Teman? The only difference between Isaiah and Micah in this respect consists in the fact that Isaiah, in his elaborate addresses, brings out more distinctly the attitude of the imperial power of Assyria towards the kingdom of God in Israel, and predicts not only that Israel will be hard pressed by the Assyrians, but also that the latter will not overcome the people of God, but will be wrecked upon the foundation-stone laid by Jehovah in Zion; whereas Micah simply threatens the sinners with judgment, and after the judgment predicts the glorification of Zion in grand general terms, without entering more minutely into the attitude of the Assyrians towards Israel. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. b) The Habakkuk-Commentary of the Dead Sea. We must therefore not restrict his threats in Micah 3:12 and Micah 4:10 even to the Chaldaean catastrophe, nor the promise of Israel's deliverance in Babel out of the hands of its foes to the liberation of the Jews from Babylon, which was effected by Cyrus, and their return to Palestine under Zerubbabel and Ezra; but must also extend the threat of punishment to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans and the attendant dispersion of the Jews over all the world, and the redemption out of Babel promised in Micah 4:10 to that deliverance of Israel which, in the main, is in the future still. "O LORD, I have heard thy speech, [and] was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, … Chapter 3 is Habakkuk's prayer of praise in the form of a poetic song. The one-sided reference of the prophecy to the Assyrians is simply based upon an incorrect idea of the nature of prophecy, and its relation to the fulfilment, and involves the prophet Micah in an irreconcilable discrepancy between himself and his contemporary the prophet Isaiah, who does indeed predict the severe oppression of Judah by the Assyrians, but at the same time foretels the failure of the plans of these foes to the people of Jehovah, and the total destruction of their army. Micah accordingly predicts the carrying away of the daughter Zion to Babel, and her deliverance there out of the power of her enemies, not because Babel along with Nineveh was the metropolis of the world-empire of his time, or a chief city of that empire, but because Babel, from its very origin, was a type and symbol of the imperial power. God came from Teman, The Holy One from Mount Paran. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. 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