Habakkuk 3:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

The mountains saw Thee. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 19:18). App-92. Compare Psalms 114:4.

the overflowing, &c. Referring to the Jordan. Compare Joshua 3:15; Joshua 3:16.

the deep, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:22). App-92.

uttered his voice, i.e. [at Thy presence].

lifted up, &c.. lifted up his hands [in amazement and sub-mission]. Not. "corruption", but the Figure of speech Prosopopoeia (App-6). "The walls" of Exodus 14:22 compared to its hands.

his hands. its [walls like] hands.

Habakkuk 3:10

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.