Habakkuk 3:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

strike through. pierce.

his staves. his own weapons. Compare Judges 7:22.

head. chief.

villages. leaders. Hebrew text. "leader"(singular); but margin "leaders" (plural), with some codices and five early printed editions.

they came out, &c.. = [when] they came forth. me: i.e. me [who am Thy People].

rejoicing. Compare Psalms 10:8; Psalms 10:9.

as. in very deed. Kaph (K) veritatis.

poor. Hebrew. 'anah. See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11.

Habakkuk 3:14

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.