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Verse 7. _I SAW THE TENTS OF CUSHAN IN AFFLICTION_] _Cush_ is Arabia.
The Arabians dwelt in _tents_, hence they were called _Scenitae_. When
the Lord appeared on _Mount Sinai_, the _Arabs_ of the Red...
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I SAW - in prophetic vision 1 Kings 22:17.
THE TENTS OF CUSHAN IN (UNDER) AFFLICTION - Upon the coming of the
Lord there follows the visitation of those alien from Him. .
Cushan-Rishathaim was the fir...
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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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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...
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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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IN AFFLICTION. [brought low] by affliction.
CURTAINS. hangings. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause),
App-6, for the tents formed by them....
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_GOD HELPS YOU THROUGH DIFFICULTIES -- HABAKKUK 3:3-7:_ Habakkuk sees
the difficulty that the nation will face but more than that he sees
God, who He is and His great power. Habakkuk knew that God wou...
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I SAW THE TENTS OF CUSHAN IN AFFLICTION— _I saw the tents of
Cushan,_ or _of Ethiopia, in consternation, and the tent curtains of
the land of Midian trembled._ Since Moses's wife, who was a Midianite,...
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CHAPTER XVIII
THE PROPHET'S POETIC PRAYER
VISION OF GOD IN JUDGEMENT. Habakkuk 3:1-15
RV. A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth. O Jehovah, I
have heard the report of thee, and am afra...
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I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land
of Midian did tremble.
I SAW THE TENTS - i:e., the dwellers.
OF CUSHAN - the same as Gush, made Cush-an, to harmonize with Mi...
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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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GUSHAN] Some identify this with Cush, i.e. Ethiopia. The parallelism
suggests, however, that it may indicate some district in the
neighbourhood of Sinai.
8-11. Wherefore such wrath? Why did Jehovah so...
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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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“I SAW.” — Better, I _see._ DID TREMBLE. — Better, _are
trembling._ Probably the imagery is still borrowed from the Exodus
story, the nations instanced being the borderers on the Red Sea —
viz., Cusha...
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(3-15) Habakkuk describes the “Theophany” or self-manifestation of
Jehovah, which is to introduce the desired deliverance. The Authorised
Version has unfortunately rendered all the verbs in this secti...
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III.
(1-15) A hymn describing a future self-manifestation of Jehovah on
Israel’s behalf, accompanied by the signs and wonders of the early
history. It is impossible to give the English reader an idea...
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תַּ֣חַת אָ֔וֶן רָאִ֖יתִי אָהֳלֵ֣י
כוּשָׁ֑ן יִרְגְּז֕וּן...
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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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(g) I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: [and] the curtains of the
land of Midian trembled.
(g) The iniquity of the king of Syria in vexing your people was made
manifest by your judgment, to the...
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Ethiopia, the land of the Blacks, and Madian, are here taken for the
enemies of God and his people, who shall perish for their iniquity.
(Challoner) --- Chus peopled that part of Arabia. (Haydock) ---...
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It is impossible by any comment, even if written with the pen of an
angel, to add any beauty to this most sublime passage. I retire from
it therefore, and only beg the Reader, as he reads it, to conne...
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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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The Prophet relates here, no doubt, whatever might bring comfort to
the miserable Jews, as they thought themselves rejected and in a
manner alienated from God. Hence the Prophet mentions here other
de...
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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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I SAW THE TENTS OF CUSHAN IN AFFLICTION,.... The same with Cush or
Ethiopia; hence the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it,
"the tents of the Ethiopians"; and these are the same with "the...
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I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: [and] the curtains of the
land of Midian did tremble.
Ver. 7. _I saw the tents of Cushan_] King of Mesopotamia, who
tyrannized over Israel eight years after J...
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_I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction_ Since Moses's wife, who was
a Midianite, is called (Num 12:1) a _Cushite_, Cushan may be here
another name for Midian, and then the two members of this period...
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CUSHAN:
Or, Ethiopia
IN AFFLICTION:
Or, under affliction or vanity...
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3-15 God's people, when in distress, and ready to despair, seek help
by considering the days of old, and the years of ancient times, and by
pleading them with God in prayer. The resemblance between t...
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I SAW; not with the eye, but with his mind and understanding, in
reading the history of Israel's travels. THE TENTS, for the people
that dwelt in them. _Of Cushan_; some say of Cushen-rishathaim, in
O...
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Habakkuk 3:7 saw H7200 (H8804) tents H168 Cushan H3572 affliction H205
curtains H3407 land H776 Midian H4080 trembled...
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‘I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction,
The curtains of the land of Midian trembled.'
Midian combined with Moab in seeking to prevent the passage of Israel
into the promised land (Numbers 22:4; Num...
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CUSHAN
Or, Ethiopia....
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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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_God came from Teman._
GOD POETICALLY PORTRAYED AND PRACTICALLY REMEMBERED
The Bible contains many grand songs and odes. But this song of
Habakkuk stands in peerless splendour amongst them all.
I. P...
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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 3:7 CUSHAN... MIDIAN. These tribes living
near Edom see God’s power and are frightened.
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 3:7.] Neighbouring nations tremble at his judgments. SAW] in
vision.
_HOMILETICS_
THE MEASURED INHERITANCE.—_Habakkuk 3:6_
These words describe the effects of God’s appro...
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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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Exodus 15:14; Genesis 10:6; Genesis 10:7; Genesis 25:1; Joshua 2:10;...
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The tents — The people that dwelt in them. Arabia — Near whose
borders Israel marched. In affliction — In fear and pain, lest that
mighty people should fall on them. The curtains — Those that dwelt
wi...