19The SovereignLordis my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments. Read full chapter New International Version(NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973...
Habakkuk 3:1LitShigionoth. The musical heading suggests that this chapter should be sung. Habakkuk 3:3Located in the Sinai peninsula. Habakkuk 3:3The exact meaning ofselahis unknown; many think it calls for a pause in music. Habakkuk 3:13Perhaps a reference to Pharaoh. ...
2. Instead of looking upon the prophecy as an organic whole, Rosenmüller divided it into three parts corresponding to the chapters, and assigned the first chapter to the reign of Jehoiakim, the second to that of Jeheiachin, and the third to that of Zedekiah, when Jerusalem was besieged ...
In the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown bible commentary, it states that this parable, or dark saying consists of the text of the remainder of the chapter. It consists of 5 stanzas, each stanza beginning with a ‘woe’ (v6, 9, 12, 15, 19). The first woe, found in this verse, charges Babylon...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionThe LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.New Living TranslationBut the LORD is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him.”English Standard VersionBut the LORD is in his holy temple; let ...
Read full chapter Footnotes Habakkuk 2:4 tn The meaning of this line is unclear, primarily because of the uncertainty surrounding the second word, עֻפְּלָה (ʿuppelah). Some read this as an otherwise unattested verb עָפַל (ʿafal,“swell”) from whi...