Habakkuk 3:18
in Habakkuk 3yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
KJV
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
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This verse in Habakkuk 3
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Verse 18, 19) But as for me, I will rejoice in the Lord, and exult in God my savior. God, the Lord, is my strength, and he will make my feet like the feet of deer. And he will lead me up to the high places triumphantly, singing in Psalms. According to the Septuagint: But as for me, I will exult in the Lord; I will rejoice over God my savior.
This site's exposition
the fig tree shall not blossom
on Habakkuk 3:17-19
The chapter's summit strips away every prop faith might lean on: although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive shall fail, and the flock shall be cut off from the fold, the total collapse of an agrarian economy's every resource named in one sentence. Against total loss stands the answer, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation, joy chosen rather than caused by circumstance, which Pusey and Henry read as the summit of Old Testament trust and the book's own answer to the complaint it opened with in chapter 1. The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places closes the book on agility rather than collapse, the note to the chief singer on stringed instruments handing the whole prayer to Israel's worship.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
"And [Joseph] called his name Jesus." "Jesus" in Hebrew means "saving" or "Savior" in Latin. It is clear that the prophets most certainly call upon his name. Hence these things are sung in great desire for a vision of him: "My soul will exult in …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
This is the principal ground of our joy in God, that he is the God of our salvation, our eternal salvation, the salvation of the soul; and, if he be so, we may rejoice in him as such in our greatest distresses, since by them our salvation cannot be hindered, but may be furthered.
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,....
1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. 2 O L ORD , I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O L ORD , revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. This chapter is entitled a prayer of Habakkuk.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. - The words are very impressive, as they stand in the Hebrew. “For,” he says, “the fig tree shall not blossom, and there is no fruit in the vines, the labor of the olive hath failed;” (the prophet does not look on, only to these things, but in his mind stands in the midst of them, they are done, and he amid them, feeling their effects) “and the field hath yielded no food; the flock hath been cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stall; and I.” He relates it as the result of all which had gone before; such and such was the state of fruit-trees, vintage, harvest, flocks and herds; such was the aspect of all nature, living or inanimate; all was barren, disappointing; all had failed and was gone; and then at last he comes to himself, and I; what is he doing, when all nature and every seeming hope is dead? thus and thus it is with them; and I will rejoice. He almost uses the expression as to the exultation of the enemy, adopting the same word only in a softer form. “Their exulting joy was” concentrated in this, “as to devour the poor secretly;” he too had “exulting joy.” There is a joy against joy - a joy of theirs in the possession of all which their rapacity covets, in the possession of all things: a joy of his amid the privation of all things. […]
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲנִ֖י | vaani | and I | H589 → | |
| בַּיהוָ֣ה | bayahweh | in Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶעְל֑וֹזָה | ʾe'lozah | I will exult | H5937 → | |
| אָגִ֖ילָה | ʾagilah | I will rejoice | H1523 → | |
| בֵּאלֹהֵ֥י | belohei | in [the] God of | H430 → | |
| יִשְׁעִֽי׃ | yishi | salvation my | H3468 → | 36 times |
וַאֲנִ֖יand I
vaaniH589 →
בַּיהוָ֣הin Yahweh
bayahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶעְל֑וֹזָהI will exult
ʾe'lozahH5937 →
אָגִ֖ילָהI will rejoice
ʾagilahH1523 →
בֵּאלֹהֵ֥יin [the] God of
beloheiH430 →
יִשְׁעִֽי׃salvation my
yishiH3468 →36 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
Rejoice at all times.
- Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
- James 1:2–4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
- Philippians 3:1
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
- Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
Through
Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
it leads to
- Exodus 15:2
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- Psalms 118:14
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
- Psalms 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Exodus 15:2
Where this verse is studied
About Habakkuk
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Homilies on the Gospels 1:5; Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jerome, Commentary on Habakkuk; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.