Habakkuk 3:5 KJV — MannaFest

Habakkuk 3:5

Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

KJV

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ASV

Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.

WEB

Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.

YLT

Before Him goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth at His feet.

DBT

Before him went the pestilence, And a burning flame went forth at his feet.

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Habakkuk — A prophet in dialogue with God — two complaints, two answers, a psalm. ‘The just shall live by his faith’ — cited three times in the NT.

Author: Habakkuk the prophet (1:1)
Date: Late 7th c. BC, shortly before the Babylonian rise to dominance

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Exodus 12:29–30
And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Numbers 16:46–49
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.
Psalms 18:7–13
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Nahum 1:2–3
God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
Deuteronomy 32:24
They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

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He affects himself with a holy concern for the present troubles of the church, but encourages himself and others to hope that the issue will be comfortable and glorious at last, though all visible means fail,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): Before him went the pestilence, which slew all the first-born of Egypt in one night; and burning coals went forth at his feet, when, in the plague of hail, there was fire mingled with hail--burning diseases (so the margin reads it), some think those that wasted Egypt, others those with which the number of the Canaanites was diminished before Israel was brought in up on them.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

As Jehovah's advent is glorious to His people, so it is terrible to His foes. burning coals-- Ps 18:8 favors English Version. But the parallelism requires, as the Margin translates, "burning disease" (compare De 32:24; Ps 91:6). went . . . at his feet--that is, after Him, as His attendants (Jud 4:10).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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