Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Habakkuk 3:14

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14. strike . . . with his staves —with the "wicked" ( :- ) foe's own sword (MAURER translates, "spears") ( :- ). head of his villages —Not only kings were overthrown by God's hand, but His vengeance passed through the foe's villages and dependencies. A just retribution, as the foe had made "the inhabitants of Israel's villages to cease" ( Judges 5:7 ). GROTIUS translates, "of his warriors"; GESENIUS, "the chief of his captains." to scatter me — Israel, with whom Habakkuk identifies himself (compare Judges 5:7- : ). rejoicing . . . to devour the poor secretly —"The poor" means the Israelites, for whom in their helpless state the foe lurks in his lair, like a wild beast, to pounce on and devour ( Psalms 10:9 ; Psalms 17:12 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-15" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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