Habakkuk 3:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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.

Habakkuk 3:14 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 9:14
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
Daniel 11:40
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Psalms 118:10-12
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. …
Exodus 15:9-10
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. …
Judges 7:22
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Alms Beggars Philanthropy Poor Selfishness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 3-15)

It has been the usual practice of God’s people, when they have been in distress and ready to fall into despair, to help themselves by recollecting their experiences, and reviving them, considering the days of old, and the years of ancient times (Ps. 77:5), and pleading with God in prayer, as he is pleased sometimes to plead them with himself. Isa. 63:11; Then he remembered the days of old. This is…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. strike ... with his staves--with the “wicked” (Ha 3:13) foe’s own sword (Maurer translates, “spears”) (Jud 7:22). head of his villages--Not only kings were overthrown by God’s hand, but His vengeance passed through the foe’s villages and dependencies. A just retribution, as the foe had made “the inhabitants of Israel’s villages to cease” (Jud 5:7). Grotius translates, “of his warriors”; Geseni…