Habakkuk 3:9 BSB — MannaFest

Habakkuk 3:9

You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

BSB

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ASV

Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a sure word. [Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

KJV

Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

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Commentary

5 voices

Bede

Commentary on the Song of Habakkuk (735)

Stretching, you extend your bow over scepters, says the Lord. The bow signifies the sudden coming of the divine judgment, by which he foresaw that even scepters, that is, the kingdoms of the world, should be examined. Therefore, the prophet insinuates what the Lord, ascending …

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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 Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Thy bow was made quite naked,.... It was took out of its case, and arrows out of their quiver, and these made use of against the enemies of his people: this is put for all weapons of war; the sword was unsheathed, and all military weapons employed, and the power of the Lord was exerted; or, as the Targum, "the Lord was revealed in his power;'' fighting the battles of his people, as in the times of Joshua: according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Thy bow was made quite naked - The word is repeated for emphasis. Literally, (In) “nakedness, it was laid naked;” the sheath being laid aside and cast away, as Isaiah says, Isa 22:6. “Kir laid bare the shield.” Gregory, Mor. xix. 9. n. 54, Compare Augustine in Ps. 59, n. 6.: The bow represents the threat of the vengeance of Almighty God, from which it is at length discharged, if not turned aside; the longer the string is drawn, the sharper issueth the arrow.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֶרְיָ֤ה	'er.Yah	bareness	H6181 →
תֵעוֹר֙	te.'Or	it is made bare	H5783 →
קַשְׁתֶּ֔ךָ	kash.Te.cha	bow your	H7198 →
שְׁבֻע֥וֹת	she.vu.'ot	oaths of	H7621 →
מַטּ֖וֹת	ma.Tot	arrows	H4294 →
אֹ֣מֶר	'O.mer	a word	H562 →
סֶ֑לָה	Se.lah	Selah	H5542 →
נְהָר֖וֹת	ne.ha.Rot	rivers	H5104 →
תְּבַקַּע־	te.va.ka'-	you split open	H1234 →
אָֽרֶץ׃	'A.retz	[the] earth	H776 →

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 walk5

Where the connections lead

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Through
Psalms 105:41
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
leads to
- Numbers 20:11
  Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4
  and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
- Exodus 17:6
  Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in…
- Isaiah 48:21
  They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
- Psalms 114:8
  who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!

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01Commentary

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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