Habakkuk 3:8 BSB — MannaFest

Habakkuk 3:8

Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?

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ASV

Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation?

KJV

Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Isaac and the Soul 8.66 (397)

For a soul that is at peace quickly turns and corrects itself, even if it has sinned before, and Christ ascends to it more fully and deigns to rule it, to which it is said: "Mount your horses, your chariot of health." And elsewhere: "I have sent forth your horses to Tharsis." Behold the horses of Christ. Thus, Christ ascends his horses, the Word of God ascends to holy souls.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Habakkuk (420)

(Verse 8, 9.) Are you angry, Lord, with the rivers? Or is your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea? For you have ascended upon your horses, and your chariots are salvation. You will surely bring forth your bow, fulfilling the oaths you have spoken to the tribes. Selah. (Septuagint: Are you angry, Lord, with the rivers? Or is your wrath against the rivers, or your fury against the sea? You who ride upon your horses, and your horse is salvation: stretching out, extending your bow over the scepters, says the Lord.) Diapsalma.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? - Floods; here is a reference to the passage of the Red Sea. The Lord is represented as heading his troops, riding in his chariot, and commanding the sea to divide, that a free passage might be left for his army to pass over.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲבִנְהָרִים֙	ha.vin.ha.Rim	¿ on rivers	H5104 →
חָרָ֣ה	cha.Rah	has it burned	H2734 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
אִ֤ם	'im	or?	H518 →
בַּנְּהָרִים֙	ba.ne.ha.Rim	on the rivers	H5104 →
אַפֶּ֔ךָ	'a.Pe.kha	[is] anger your	H639 →
אִם־	'im-	or?	H518 →
בַּיָּ֖ם	bai.Yam	on the sea	H3220 →
עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ	'ev.ra.Te.kha	[is] fury your	H5678 →
כִּ֤י	ki	that	H3588 →
תִרְכַּב֙	tir.Kav	you will ride	H7392 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
סוּסֶ֔יךָ	su.Sei.kha	horses your	H5483 →
מַרְכְּבֹתֶ֖יךָ	mar.ke.vo.Tei.kha	chariots your	H4818 →
יְשׁוּעָֽה׃	ye.shu.'Ah	salvation	H3444 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

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
Isaiah 50:2
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold,…
leads to
- Isaiah 59:1
  Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
- Numbers 11:23
  The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
- Isaiah 66:4
  So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and…
- Joshua 3:16
  the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
- Genesis 18:14
  Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
Through
Psalms 68:17
The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 33:2
  He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
- Daniel 7:10
  A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.
- Revelation 5:11
  Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

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06About Habakkuk

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Habakkuk