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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:6

Hab 3:6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways [are] everlasting. Ver. 6. He stood, and measured the earth ] Not Joshua, but God, brought his people into the promised land, and divided it among them, Psalms 78:55 . Like as also he had divided the whole earth by bounds and borders to the various nations, Psalms 74:17 , and doth still appoint men the bounds of their... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:7

Hab 3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: [and] the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. Ver. 7. I saw the tents of Cushan ] King of Mesopotamia, who tyrannized over Israel eight years after Joshua’s death; God selling his people to him for nought, and not increasing his wealth by their price, Psalms 44:12 Judges 3:8 . But delivering them in the end by that valiant Othniel, who brought the tents of Cushan under affliction or vanity. Some render it propter iniquitatem, because of... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:8

Hab 3:8 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? Ver. 8. Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? ] As Xerxes, that brutish man, was against the Hellespont, for battering his bridge of boats, beating it and casting a pair of fetters into it? Was God thus angry against Jordan and against the Red Sea? No such matter. If God seem angry at any time... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:9

Hab 3:9 Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. Ver. 9. Thy bow was made quite naked ] sc. Out of the case. He meaneth, thy power was clearly manifested and powerfully exerted against the nations above mentioned; so that all men might see plainly that thou wert that man of war, Exodus 15:3 , which shootest thine arrows at a certainty, and never missest thine enemies, thy buttmark, see Job 16:12 . ... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:10

Hab 3:10 The mountains saw thee, [and] they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, [and] lifted up his hands on high. Ver. 10. The mountains saw thee, and they trembled ] sc. At the promulgation of the law, Exo 19:17 Psalms 114:4 ; Psalms 114:6 , when God came with ten thousand of his saints, Deuteronomy 33:2 ; and so terrible was the earthquake, that it wrought an earthquake, even in Moses himself, Hebrews 12:21 . It is the office of the law to do so;... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:11

Hab 3:11 The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear. Ver. 11. The sun and moon stood still in their habitation ] viz. In the days of Joshua, and upon his prayer, Joshua 10:12-13 , whereupon one crieth out, O admirabilem piarum precum vim ac potentiam quibus etiam coelestia cedunt, &c: Oh the admirable power of prayer, that worketh wonders in heaven! and oh the heroic faith of Joshua, the trophies... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:12

Hab 3:12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. Ver. 12. Thou didst march through the land in indignation ] Heb. Thou didst walk in pomp, as a conqueror, through the land, sc. of Canaan, in contempt of the opposite forces, treading upon the necks of thine enemies, Joshua 10:24 . Thou didst thresh the heathen in anger ] See Amo 1:3 Micah 4:13 . God, by the hands of Joshua, did all this. The most of the old inhabitants were destroyed. Some few... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:13

Hab 3:13 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. Ver. 13. Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people ] q.d. Thou wast Generalissimo grand general in our expeditions, in the days of the judges, who therefore were so successful. How could they be otherwise, when God came with them into the field? If Queen Elizabeth could take... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:14

Hab 3:14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing [was] as to devour the poor secretly. Ver. 14. Thou didst strike through with his staves, the heads of his villages ] Heb. Thou didst pierce, or bore through, as with an auger, with his staves (a metaphor from shepherds, according to that, Psalms 23:4 , "thy rod and thy staff"), or, with his tribes (the Dωδεκαφυλον , Act 26:7 ), that entered the land of... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Habakkuk 3:15

Hab 3:15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, [through] the heap of great waters. Ver. 15. Thou didst walk through the sea, &c. ] q.d. Shall they thus prevail by iniquity? and did they carry the ball upon the foot till they had gotten the goal? Hath ever any waxed fierce against God, and prospered? Job 9:4 . I think not. Thou that of old didst walk through the Red Sea, didst tread it, or foot it, and that most swiftly, as if thou hadst had thy change of horses. Through the... read more

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