Habakkuk 3:17 NASB,NASB

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Habakkuk 3:16-19

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 3:18-19). “The alarm pervades his whole body, belly, and bones, i.e. the softer and firmer component parts of the body, lips, and feet; i.e. the upper and lower organs of the body.” Habakkuk 3:17.] The trouble of the day described. The fig and vine, the noblest fruits of earth, plantations and fields yield not; folds and stalls empty... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:17-18

Habakkuk 3:17-18 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. Here is a man who has a secret a man who rises amid the pomp of nature, the productiveness of summer, and says: "Though every light be put out, and every root be withered, I have a joy that cannot be impaired." Men of that kind stimulate us; they excite inquiry they turn our hearts into a new... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Habakkuk 3:17-18

DISCOURSE: 1226THE CHRISTIAN’S BOASTHabakkuk 3:17-18. 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 there shall be no herd in the stalls; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.A CHRISTIAN will be distinguished from others, whatever be his situation in life; but the more trying and afflictive his condition be, the... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Habakkuk 3:17

Although i.e. despite the afflictions of Israel in dispersion, the prophet will rejoice because of the Lord, as yet to return to His temple. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:1-19

Chapter 3Now in chapter 3 it is a psalm, it is,A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth ( Habakkuk 3:1 ).Now about the seventh psalm or so, I think it is upon the Shiggaion, which is the same thing, and it is with loud crying. So this is to be read with loud crying. I'm not gonna try it, but this is the prayer of Habakkuk, no doubt, prayed with loud crying; a lamentation sort of like Jeremiah. He said,O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid ( Habakkuk 3:2 ):"Lord, I've heard... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Habakkuk 3:1-19

Habakkuk 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 pensive air in which David uttered the sorrows of his heart, when persecuted by Saul. Psalms 7:0. Other conjectures are given, but this agrees best with David’s hymn. Habakkuk 3:2 . Oh Lord, I heard thy speech, and was afraid, as in the two preseding chapters, that the Chaldean armies should... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Habakkuk 3:17-18

Habakkuk 3:17-18Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, etc.United prayer for removal of temporal afflictionsWe are called in a special manner to humble ourselves before God, on account of a great national calamity--an outbreak of cattle plague. So far as we can see, it comes directly from God. Some will say that the remedy is proper attention to the conditions of the disease, and not humiliation or prayer. But shall we admit the uselessness of prayer? Shall we say prayer must be confined to... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:17

Hab 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 meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls: Ver. 17. Although the fig tree shall not blossom ] Here the prophet showeth a well settled and a sedate mind indeed; that he had attained, and, by prayer, waded unto a blessed composedness and sabbath of spirit, such as the cock on the dunghill... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Habakkuk 3:17

the fig tree: Deuteronomy 28:15-Job :, Deuteronomy 28:30-Mark :, Jeremiah 14:2-Ruth :, Joel 1:10-1 Chronicles :, Joel 1:16-Job :, Amos 4:6-2 Samuel :, Haggai 2:16, Haggai 2:17 fail: Heb. lie Reciprocal: Exodus 9:31 - the barley Exodus 15:2 - strength Leviticus 26:32 - And I Deuteronomy 8:8 - vines Deuteronomy 28:18 - thy land Deuteronomy 28:51 - which also 1 Samuel 30:6 - David 1 Kings 17:6 - the ravens 1 Kings 18:5 - grass Job 5:20 - famine Psalms 9:2 - I will be Psalms 25:17 - General... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 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 meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:The labour — The labour bestowed upon the olive.Yield no meat — Corn.Flock — Of sheep. read more