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Habakkuk 3:16 KJV
Habakkuk · chapter 3 · verse 16
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.Habakkuk 3:16 · King James Version
Habakkuk 3:16 in context
14Thou 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.
15Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
16When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rottennessrâqâbdecayH7538 →
- trembledrâgazto quiverH7264 →
- quiveredtsâlalto tinkleH6750 →
- enteredbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- bellybeṭenthe belly, especially the wombH990 →
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Within the compass of these few lines we have the prophet in the highest degree both of trembling and triumphing, such are the varieties both of the state and of the spirit of God's people in this world. In heaven there shall be no more trembling, but everlasting triumphs. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-19