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Example Description: The Prophets Speak: Voices Calling Israel Home
Throughout Israel’s turbulent history, God raised up prophets to call His people back to faithfulness, justice, and hope. In The Prophets Speak, you’ll journey through the major and minor prophetic books, encountering voices that challenged corruption, comforted the brokenhearted, and pointed toward the coming Messiah.
What You’ll Learn
Historical Context: Grasp the political, social, and spiritual landscape in which each prophet ministered.
Prophetic Themes: Identify key themes—judgment, repentance, restoration, and consolation—and their relevance for today.
Literary Styles: Explore the diverse forms of prophetic literature, from oracles and laments to visions and symbolic actions.
Messianic Hope: Discover how passages from Isaiah, Micah, and others foreshadow Jesus’ life and mission.
Application for Today: Draw parallels between ancient calls to holiness and our modern challenges, equipping you to speak truth in love.
Course Format & Modules
Voice in the Wilderness – Introduction to prophecy, the role of the prophet, and first hearings of Isaiah and Hosea.
Words of Warning – Deep dive into Jeremiah and Amos: justice, idolatry, and God’s courtroom.
History in Lament – Exploring Lamentations and Ezekiel’s dramatic enactments of exile.
Songs of Restoration – Comforting visions in Isaiah’s later chapters and Joel’s promise of the Spirit.
Minor Voices, Major Impact – Studying Micah, Zephaniah, and HABAKKUK’s messages for the remnant.
Prophetic Future – Revelation of ultimate restoration and the prophetic call to live in hope.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,INFIDELITY
Description: Psalms 3:2
NET Translation: Many say about me, “God will not deliver him.” (Selah)
DARBY Translation: Many say of my soul, There is no salvation for him in God. SelahHABAKKUK." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D3177.
KJV Translation: Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. Selah.
Keywords: FISH,HABAKKUK
Description: HABAKKUK 1:1
NET Translation: This is the oracle that the prophet HABAKKUK saw:
DARBY Translation: TheD6425 burden which HABAKKUK the prophet did see.
KJV Translation: The burden which HABAKKUK the prophet did see.
Verse Intro: Habbakuk's Complaint to the Lord - Judah's Sin Unjudged
Keywords: GOD,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PRAYER,PUNISHMENT,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: HABAKKUK 1:2
NET Translation: How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, “Violence!” But you do not deliver!
DARBY Translation: Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.
KJV Translation: O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!
Keywords: GOD,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,STRIFE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HABAKKUK 1:3
NET Translation: Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.
DARBY Translation: Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.
KJV Translation: Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause [me] to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence [are] before me: and there are [that] raise up strife and contention.
Keywords: JUSTICE,RULERS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HABAKKUK 1:4
NET Translation: For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.
DARBY Translation: Therefore the law is powerless, and justiceD6426 doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.
KJV Translation: Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrongK6361judgment proceedeth.
Keywords: BABYLON,PROPHECY,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
Description: HABAKKUK 1:5
NET Translation: “Look at the nations and pay attention! You will be shocked and amazed! For I will do something in your lifetime that you will not believe even though you are forewarned.
DARBY Translation: See ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for [I] workD6427 a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be declared [to you].
KJV Translation: Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for [I] will work a work in your days, [which] ye will not believe, though it be told [you].
Verse Intro: The Lord's Answer - Bringing Babylonians in to Judge Judah
Keywords: CHALDEA,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,PROPHECY
Description: HABAKKUK 1:6
NET Translation: Look, I am about to empower the Babylonians, that ruthless and greedy nation. They sweep across the surface of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.
DARBY Translation: For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.
KJV Translation: For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, [that] bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadthK6362of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces [that are] not theirs.
Description: HABAKKUK 1:7
NET Translation: They are frightening and terrifying; they decide for themselves what is right.
DARBY Translation: They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
KJV Translation: They [are] terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselvesK6363.
Keywords: LEOPARD
Description: HABAKKUK 1:8
NET Translation: Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like vultures they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.
DARBY Translation: And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen pranceD6428 proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.
KJV Translation: Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierceK6364than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle [that] hasteth to eat.
Description: HABAKKUK 1:9
NET Translation: All of them intend to do violence; every face is determined. They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand.
DARBY Translation: They come all of them for violence: the crowdD6429 of their faces is forwardsD6430, and they gather captives as the sand.
KJV Translation: They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up [as] the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Description: HABAKKUK 1:10
NET Translation: They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.
DARBY Translation: Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a scorn unto him; he derideth every stronghold: for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.
KJV Translation: And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Keywords: GOD
Description: HABAKKUK 1:11
NET Translation: They sweep by like the wind and pass on. But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.”
DARBY Translation: Then will his mindD6431 change, and he will pass on, and become guiltyD6432: this his power is become his God.
KJV Translation: Then shall [his] mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, [imputing] this his power unto his god.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,FAITH,GOD
Description: HABAKKUK 1:12
NET Translation: Lord, you have been active from ancient times; my sovereign God, you are immortal. Lord, you have made them your instrument of judgment. Protector, you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment.
DARBY Translation: Art thou not from everlasting, Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast appointed him for correction.
KJV Translation: [Art] thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mightyK6366God, thou hast establishedK6367them for correction.
Verse Intro: Habbakuk's Concern - How can God Use a Nation More Wicked to Judge Judah
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,ANTHROPOMORPHISMS,EYE,GOD,HAPPINESS,PERSECUTION,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HABAKKUK 1:13
NET Translation: You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?
DARBY Translation: [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a [man] more righteous than he?
KJV Translation: [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquityK6368: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he?
Keywords: GOD
Description: HABAKKUK 1:14
NET Translation: You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.
DARBY Translation: And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them.
KJV Translation: And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creepingK6369things, [that have] no ruler over them?
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,HAPPINESS
Description: HABAKKUK 1:15
NET Translation: The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.
DARBY Translation: He taketh up all of them with the hook, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them into his drag; therefore he rejoiceth and is glad:
KJV Translation: They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragK6370: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,HAPPINESS,IDOLATRY
Description: HABAKKUK 1:16
NET Translation: Because of his success he offers sacrifices to his throw net and burns incense to his dragnet; for because of them he has plenty of food, and more than enough to eat.
DARBY Translation: therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; for by them his portion is become fat, and his meat daintyD6433.
KJV Translation: Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion [is] fat, and their meat plenteousK6371.
Description: HABAKKUK 1:17
NET Translation: Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?
DARBY Translation: Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
KJV Translation: Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Keywords: WATCHFULNESS
Description: HABAKKUK 2:1
NET Translation: I will stand at my watch post; I will remain stationed on the city wall. I will keep watching so I can see what he says to me and can know how I should answer when he counters my argument.
DARBY Translation: I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer as to my reproof.
KJV Translation: I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the towerK6372, and will watch to see what he will say unto meK6373, and what I shall answer when I am reprovedK6374.
Verse Intro: The Lord's Response - The Just Shall live by Faith
Keywords: MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,TABLE,VISION,WORD OF GOD,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: HABAKKUK 2:2
NET Translation: The Lord responded: “Write down this message. Record it legibly on tablets so the one who announces it may read it easily.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and engrave it upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.
KJV Translation: And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Keywords: FAITH,PROPHECY,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,WAITING
Description: HABAKKUK 2:3
NET Translation: For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass—it will not arrive late.
DARBY Translation: For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delayD6434.
KJV Translation: For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Keywords: CHARACTER,FAITH,JUSTIFICATION,PRIDE,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: HABAKKUK 2:4
NET Translation: Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.
DARBY Translation: Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright within him: but the just shall live by his faith.
KJV Translation: Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Keywords: AMBITION,COVETOUSNESS,HELL,OPPRESSION,PRIDE,RULERS,WINE
Description: HABAKKUK 2:5
NET Translation: Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.
DARBY Translation: And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud manD6435, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desireD6436 as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.
KJV Translation: Yea alsoK6375, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
Keywords: AMBITION
Description: HABAKKUK 2:6
NET Translation: “But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: ‘Woe to the one who accumulates what does not belong to him (How long will this go on?)—he who gets rich by extortion!’
DARBY Translation: Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that loadeth himself with pledgesD6437!
KJV Translation: Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to himK6376that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
Verse Intro: The Babylonians will be Judged foir Their Wickedness
Description: HABAKKUK 2:7
NET Translation: Your creditors will suddenly attack; those who terrify you will spring into action, and they will rob you.
DARBY Translation: Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and they awake up that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
KJV Translation: Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Description: HABAKKUK 2:8
NET Translation: Because you robbed many countries, all who are left among the nations will rob you. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.
DARBY Translation: Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the rest of the peoples shall plunder thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence [done] to the land, to the city, and all that dwell therein.
KJV Translation: Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's bloodK6377, and [for] the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Keywords: AMBITION,PRIDE
Description: HABAKKUK 2:9
NET Translation: The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.
DARBY Translation: Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!
KJV Translation: Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Keywords: HOMICIDE
Description: HABAKKUK 2:10
NET Translation: Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.
DARBY Translation: Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned againstD6438 thine own soul.
KJV Translation: Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul.
Keywords: SIN
Description: HABAKKUK 2:11
NET Translation: For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.
DARBY Translation: For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
KJV Translation: For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beamK6380out of the timber shall answer itK6381.
Keywords: BLOOD,HOMICIDE
Description: HABAKKUK 2:12
NET Translation: Woe to the one who builds a city by bloodshed—he who starts a town by unjust deeds.
DARBY Translation: Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by unrighteousness!
KJV Translation: Woe to him that buildeth a town with bloodK6382, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Description: HABAKKUK 2:13
NET Translation: Be sure of this! The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.
DARBY Translation: Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nationsD6439 weary themselves in vainD6440?
KJV Translation: Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?K6383
Keywords: CHURCH,GLORY,JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: HABAKKUK 2:14
NET Translation: For recognition of the Lord’s sovereign majesty will fill the earth just as the waters fill up the sea.
DARBY Translation: For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah as the waters cover the sea.
KJV Translation: For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Keywords: DRUNKENNESS
Description: HABAKKUK 2:15
NET Translation: “Woe to you who force your neighbor to drink wine—you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger so you can look at their naked bodies.
DARBY Translation: Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that pourest out thy flaskD6441, and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
KJV Translation: Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to [him], and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Keywords: DRUNKENNESS
Description: HABAKKUK 2:16
NET Translation: But you will become drunk with shame, not majesty. Now it is your turn to drink and expose your uncircumcised foreskin! The cup of wine in the Lord’s right hand is coming to you, and disgrace will replace your majestic glory!
DARBY Translation: Thou art filled with shame instead ofD6442 glory; drink thou also, and let thy foreskinD6443 be uncovered: the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and a shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
KJV Translation: Thou art filled with shame for gloryK6385: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing [shall be] on thy glory.
Description: HABAKKUK 2:17
NET Translation: For you will pay in full for your violent acts against Lebanon; terrifying judgment will come upon you because of the way you destroyed the wild animals living there. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.
DARBY Translation: For the violence [done] to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of beasts which made them afraidD6444; because of men's blood, and for the violence [done] to the landD6445, to the city, and all that dwell therein.
KJV Translation: For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, [which] made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Keywords: CARVING,IDOL,IDOLATRY
Description: HABAKKUK 2:18
NET Translation: What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?
DARBY Translation: What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?
KJV Translation: What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his workK6386trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Keywords: CARVING,IDOLATRY
Description: HABAKKUK 2:19
NET Translation: Woe to the one who says to wood, ‘Wake up!’—he who says to speechless stone, ‘Awake!’ Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life’s breath inside it.
DARBY Translation: Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake! to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall it teach? Behold it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
KJV Translation: Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.
Keywords: CHURCH,WORSHIP
Description: HABAKKUK 2:20
NET Translation: But the Lord is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!”
DARBY Translation: But Jehovah is in his holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before him!
KJV Translation: But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before himK6387.
Keywords: HABAKKUK,MUSIC,SHIGGAION
Description: HABAKKUK 3:1
NET Translation: This is a prayer of HABAKKUK the prophet:
DARBY Translation: A Prayer of HABAKKUK the prophet upon ShigionothD6446.
KJV Translation: A prayer of HABAKKUK the prophet upon Shigionoth.
Verse Intro: Habbakuk's Prayer
Keywords: DESIRE,PROPHETS,REVIVALS
Description: HABAKKUK 3:2
NET Translation: Lord, I have heard the report of what you did; I am awed, Lord, by what you accomplished. In our time repeat those deeds; in our time reveal them again. But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy!
DARBY Translation: Jehovah, I heard the report of thee, [and] I feared. Jehovah, revive thy workD6447 in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make [it] known: In wrath remember mercy!
KJV Translation: O LORD, I have heard thy speechK6389, [and] was afraid: O LORD, reviveK6390thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
Keywords: LAW,PARAN,TEMAN
Description: HABAKKUK 3:3
NET Translation: God comes from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor has covered the skies, the earth is full of his glory.
DARBY Translation: God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covereth the heavens, And the earth is fullD6448 of his praise.
KJV Translation: God came from TemanK6391, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
Verse Intro: Future Deliverance Based on Past Deliverance
Keywords: GOD,HORN
Description: HABAKKUK 3:4
NET Translation: His brightness will be as lightning; a two-pronged lightning bolt flashing from his hand. This is the outward display of his power.
DARBY Translation: And [his] brightness was as the light; RaysD6449 [came forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.
KJV Translation: And [his] brightness was as the light; he had horns [coming] out of his hand: and there [was] the hiding of his power.
Keywords: BOLT
Description: HABAKKUK 3:5
NET Translation: Plague will go before him; pestilence will march right behind him.
DARBY Translation: Before him went the pestilence, And a burning flame went forth at his feet.
KJV Translation: Before him went the pestilence, and burning coalsK6393went forth at his feet.
Keywords: EARTH,GOD,HILLS
Description: HABAKKUK 3:6
NET Translation: He took his battle position and shook the earth; with a mere look he frightened the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrated; the primeval hills were flattened. His are ancient roads.
DARBY Translation: He stood, and measured the earthD6450; He beheld, and discomfited the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered, The everlastingD6451 hills gave way: His ways are everlasting.
KJV Translation: He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways [are] everlasting.
Keywords: CUSHAN,ETHIOPIA,MIDIANITES,TENT
Description: HABAKKUK 3:7
NET Translation: I saw the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; the tent curtains of the land of Midian were shaking.
DARBY Translation: I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
KJV Translation: I saw the tents of CushanK6394 in afflictionK6395: [and] the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Keywords: CHARIOT,SALVATION
Description: HABAKKUK 3:8
NET Translation: Was the Lord mad at the rivers? Were you angry with the rivers? Were you enraged at the sea? Such that you would climb into your horse-drawn chariots, your victorious chariots?
DARBY Translation: Was Jehovah wrathful with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers? Was thy rage against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Thy chariots of salvation?
KJV Translation: Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? [was] thine anger against the rivers? [was] thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses [and] thy chariots of salvation?K6396
Keywords: BOW,GEOLOGY,GOD
Description: HABAKKUK 3:9
NET Translation: Your bow is ready for action; you commission your arrows. Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface.
DARBY Translation: Thy bow was made naked, The rods [of discipline] sworn according to [thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
KJV Translation: Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with riversK6397.
Description: HABAKKUK 3:10
NET Translation: When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.
DARBY Translation: The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: ARROW,MOON,SUN
Description: HABAKKUK 3:11
NET Translation: The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.
DARBY Translation: The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows which shot forth, At the shining of thy glittering spear.
KJV Translation: The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrowsK6398they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Description: HABAKKUK 3:12
NET Translation: You furiously stomp on the earth; you angrily trample down the nations.
DARBY Translation: Thou didst march through the land in indignation, Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.
KJV Translation: Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
Description: HABAKKUK 3:13
NET Translation: You march out to deliver your people, to deliver your special servant. You strike the leader of the wicked nation, laying him open from the lower body to the neck. Selah.
DARBY Translation: Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou didst smite off the head from the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation even to the neck. Selah.
KJV Translation: Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, [even] for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discoveringK6399the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
Keywords: POOR
Description: HABAKKUK 3:14
NET Translation: You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition.
DARBY Translation: Thou didst strike through with his own spears the head of his leadersD6452: They came out as a whirlwind to scatter me, Whose exulting was as to devour the afflicted secretly.
KJV Translation: Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwindK6400to scatter me: their rejoicing [was] as to devour the poor secretly.
Keywords: ANTHROPOMORPHISMS,GOD
Description: HABAKKUK 3:15
NET Translation: But you trample on the sea with your horses, on the surging, raging waters.
DARBY Translation: Thou didst walk through the sea with thy horses, The heap of great waters.
KJV Translation: Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, [through] the heapK6401of great waters.
Keywords: BELLY,PROPHETS
Description: HABAKKUK 3:16
NET Translation: I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us.
DARBY Translation: I heard, and my belly trembled; My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place, That I might rest in the day of distress, When their invaderD6453 shall come up against the peopleD6454.
KJV Translation: 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 themK6402with his troops.
Verse Intro: HABAKKUK Declares His Confidence in God
Keywords: FAITH
Description: HABAKKUK 3:17
NET Translation: When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen and there are no cattle in the stalls—
DARBY Translation: For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:
KJV Translation: Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall] fruit [be] in the vines; the labour of the olive shall failK6403, 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:
Keywords: JOY
Description: HABAKKUK 3:18
NET Translation: I will rejoice because of the Lord; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!
DARBY Translation: Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
KJV Translation: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Keywords: BLESSING,HARP,MUSIC
Description: HABAKKUK 3:19
NET Translation: The Sovereign Lord is my source of strength. He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. (This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)
DARBY Translation: Jehovah, the LordD6455, is my strength, And he maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], And he will make me to walk upon my high places. To the chief Musician. On my stringed instruments.
KJV Translation: The LORD God [is] my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' [feet], and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instrumentsK6404.