Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Habakkuk 3:5
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. Browse this work.
Read Habakkuk 3. Compare commentaries on this chapter.
Source and publication rights
Public domain. Public Domain. Source edition.
Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.
Habakkuk3:5
5. pestilence--to destroy His people's foes (1Sa 5:9, 11). As Jehovah's advent is glorious to His people, so it is terrible to His foes.
burning coals--Psa 18:8 favors English Version. But the parallelism requires, as the Margin translates, "burning disease" (compare De 32:24; Psa 91:6).
went ... at his feet--that is, after Him, as His attendants (Jud 4:10).
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Habakkuk 3:5. Public domain.
Permanent link. Source edition.