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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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_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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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כִּֽי ־תְאֵנָ֣ה לֹֽא ־תִפְרָ֗ח וְ
אֵ֤ין יְבוּ
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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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_Fail. Literally, "lie," (Haydock) or frustrate our expectations.
(Calmet) --- Spem mentita seges. (Hor.[Horace?] i. ep. 7.) --- Fold.
Septuagint, "food."_...
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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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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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_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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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A PLEA FOR MERCY...
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FAIL:
_ Heb._ lie...
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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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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...
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Habakkuk 3:17 tree H8384 blossom H6524 (H8799) fruit H2981 vines H1612
labor H4639 olive H2132 fail H3584 ...
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‘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...
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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....
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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...
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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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_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...
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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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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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Amos 4:6; Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 28:30; Haggai 2:16;...
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The labour — The labour bestowed upon the olive. Yield no meat —
Corn. Flock — Of sheep....