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Verse 4. _HE HAD HORNS_ COMING _OUT OF HIS HAND_] קרנים
_karnayim,_ _rays_. His _hand_ - his _power_ - was manifested in a
particular place, by the sudden issuing out of pencils of rays, which
diverg...
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AND HIS BRIGHTNESS - that wherein God dwelleth Ezekiel 10:4, “the
brightness of the Lord’s glory,” before which darkness fleeth
Psalms 18:12, “was as the light,” or as the sun. Out of the midst
of the...
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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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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 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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HORNS. power. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6,
for the power put forth by them. Hebrew dual. two rays.
COMING OUT OF. from: i.e. power from [His] hands [is] His.
THE HIDING, &C...
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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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AND HIS BRIGHTNESS WAS AS THE LIGHT— Green renders this verse thus:
His brightness was as the brightness of the sun; He had rays of light
beaming from his hand.
(See Deuteronomy 33:2.)
And there wa...
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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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And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his
hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
AND HIS BRIGHTNESS WAS AS THE LIGHT - namely, of the sun (Job 37:21,
"The bright li...
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3:4 Rays (e-8) Lit. 'horns.'...
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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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(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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AND HIS BRIGHTNESS WAS AS THE LIGHT.... — Better, _And a brightness
shall there be, like sunlight, and rays are at His side; and there_
[_i.e.,_ in this radiance] _is the tabernacle of His power.
_...
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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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וְ נֹ֨גַהּ֙ כָּ † אֹ֣ור תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה
קַרְנַ֥יִם...
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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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And [his] brightness was as the light; (e) he had horns [coming] out
of his hand: and there [was] the hiding of his power.
(e) By which is meant a power that was joined with his brightness,
which was...
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Horns, &c. That is, strength and power, which by a Hebrew phrase are
called horns: or beams of light, which come forth from his hands: or
it may allude to the cross, in the horns of which the hands of...
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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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He confirms the declaration which I have explained that God, when he
intended his presence to be made known to his people, gave evidences
of his wonderful power, capable of awakening the minds of all....
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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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AND [HIS] BRIGHTNESS WAS AS THE LIGHT,.... Of fire, of devouring fire
on the top of the mount, to which the sight of his glory was like,
Exodus 24:16 to which Kimchi refers it. Aben Ezra thinks the pi...
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And [his] brightness was as the light; he had horns [coming] out of
his hand: and there [was] the hiding of his power.
Ver. 4. _And his brightness was as the light_] The glory of the Lord
was as a de...
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_And his brightness was as the light_ Green renders this verse thus:
_His brightness was as the brightness of the sun; he had rays of light
beaming from his hand; and there was the hiding-place of his...
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And His brightness was as the light, bursting forth as the sunlight
when the ball of the sun rises above the horizon; HE HAD HORNS, the
rays of the sun as it first appears, COMING OUT OF HIS HAND, on...
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JEHOVAH'S MAJESTIC COMING TO JUDGMENT...
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HORNS COMING OUT OF HIS HAND:
Or, bright beams out of his side...
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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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HIS BRIGHTNESS, that lustre in which God appeared, that unparalleled
splendour which shined from him, was as the light; pure, clear as the
sun, but much more dazzling and overcoming. HORNS: some read...
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Habakkuk 3:4 brightness H5051 light H216 rays H7161 hand H3027 power
H5797 hidden H2253
brightness -...
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‘God came from Teman,
And the Holy One from Mount Paran, (selah - consider that!),
His glory covered the heavens,
And the earth was full of his praise.
His brightness was as the light,
Rays proce...
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Zechariah 3:4
I. In the realm of nature there are hidings of God's power. Though we
might become acquainted with the whole created universe of God, we
have not exhausted Him. We get lost in our though...
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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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_He had horns coming out of His hand._
THE HORN AS A SYMBOL
The use of the word “horn” as a metaphor to express strength and
honour is of very ancient origin. It appears to have arisen from the
expre...
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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 3:4 Habakkuk compares God’s presence at
Mount Sinai to a thunderstorm with darkness and lightning (see Exodus
19:18;...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Habakkuk 3:3.] These descriptions rest upon earlier revelations of
God. TEMAN, Edom; PARAN] (Deuteronomy 33:2). God appeared from Sinai
in splendour, which like the morning covered...
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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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1 Timothy 6:16; Exodus 13:21; Exodus 14:20; Isaiah 60:19; Isaiah 60:20
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As the light — Pure, clear as the sun, but much more dazzling. His
hand — The face of Moses shined; the face, yea, hands of our God,
shine with glorious light. There — In that light wherewith he
appea...