Habakkuk 3:13 BSB — MannaFest

Habakkuk 3:13

You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah

BSB

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ASV

Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. [Selah

KJV

Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Habakkuk (420)

LXX: You have lifted up the chains until the neck, to the end. The Lord has lifted up the chains of love, so that with the previous burden set aside, and the heavy yoke by which we were oppressed thrown off, we may take up the light yoke of Christ; and, placed in his chariot, we may carry the excellent charioteer. Theodotius also, taking this in a good sense, says: You have adorned the foundation until the neck. Fifth edition: You have stripped, or emptied, the foundation until the neck, selah, that is, always.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is for salvation with thy anointed, with Joshua, who led the armies of Israel and was a figure of him whose name he bore, even Jesus our Joshua. What God did for his Israel of old was done with an eye to his anointed, for the sake of the Mediator, who was both the founder and foundation of the covenant made with them.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Thou wentest forth - Even a Jew says of this place, Kimchi: “The past is here used for the future; and this is frequent in the language of prophecy; for prophecy, although it be future, yet since it is, as it were, firmly fixed, they use the past concerning it.” The prophet speaks again in the past, perhaps to fix the mind on that signal going-forth, when God destroyed Pharaoh, the first enemy who essayed to destroy the chosen line.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

God from the beginning delivered His people in person, or by the hand of a Mediator (Isa 63:11). Thus Habakkuk confirms believers in the hope of their deliverance, as well because God is always the same, as also because the same anointed Mediator is ready now to fulfil God's will and interpose for Israel, as of old [CALVIN].

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יָצָ֙אתָ֙	ya.Tza.ta	you have gone out	H3318 →
לְיֵ֣שַׁע	le.Ye.sha'	for [the] salvation of	H3468 →
עַמֶּ֔ךָ	'a.Me.kha	people your	H5971 →
לְיֵ֖שַׁע	le.Ye.sha'	for [the] salvation	H3468 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ	me.shi.Che.kha	anointed your	H4899 →
מָחַ֤צְתָּ	ma.Chatz.ta	you have shattered	H4272 →
רֹּאשׁ֙	roSh	[the] chief	H7218 →
מִבֵּ֣ית	mi.Beit	from [the] house of	H1004 →
רָשָׁ֔ע	ra.Sha'	[the] wicked	H7563 →
עָר֛וֹת	a.Rot	you have laid bare	H6168 →
יְס֥וֹד	ye.Sod	foundation[s]	H3247 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
צַוָּ֖אר	tza.Var	neck	H6677 →
סֶֽלָה׃ פ	Se.lah	Selah	H5542 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 105:15
“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
leads to
- Zechariah 2:8
  For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- Genesis 26:11
  So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
- Genesis 20:7
  Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and…
- 1 John 2:27
  And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all…
- Genesis 49:8–33
  Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
Through
Psalms 28:8
The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
leads to
- Psalms 20:6
  Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
- Psalms 140:7
  O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
- Isaiah 61:1
  The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Habakkuk

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Habakkuk