SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:11
El sol y la luna se pararon en su estancia; a la luz de tus saetas anduvieron, y al resplandor de tu fulgente lanza.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:11
Verse 11. The sun and moon stood still - This was at the prayer of Joshua, when he fought against the Amorites. See Josh. x. 11, 12, and the notes there. At the light of thine arrows they went] I think we should translate:- By their light, thine arrows went abroad; By their brightness, the lightning of thy spear.
Calvin very justly remarks that the arrows and spears of the Israelites are called those of God, under whose auspices the people fought: the meaning is, that by the continuation of the light of the sun and moon, then stayed in their course, the Israelites saw how to continue the battle, till their enemies were all defeated.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation , etc.] This is generally thought to refer to the miracle in the times of Joshua, ( Joshua 10:12,13) but a different word is there used, especially of the standing still of the sun; nor are the sun and moon said there to stand in their habitation; nor will the series of the history of times past, or the thread of prophecy of things to come, admit of this reference; nor do the words express the clear shining of the sun and moon at their standing still, but the reverse; for the phrase, “in their habitation”, may be rendered, “within their tent” f135 , or pavilion; (see Gill on “ Psalm 19:4”); which is no other than their being encompassed and covered with clouds; which is just such a pavilion as God is said to be in, when “darkness was his secret place; his pavilion round about him dark waters and thick clouds of the skies”, ( Psalm 18:11) and so is expressive of the dark times of antichrist, which followed, when the Pagan persecutions were over, Christianity supported by secular powers, and the Christian churches raised to the height of riches and honour; and then the man of sin showed himself, the pope of Rome took upon him the title of universal bishop, and introduced false doctrines, strange worship, and bad discipline, into the church, and obscured the glorious light of it; and Mahomet also arose with his locusts, the Saracens, out of the bottomless pit opened, from whence came a smoke which darkened the sun and air, ( Revelation 9:1,2): at the light of thine arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear ; the commonly received sense of the words is, either at the light and shining of the sun and moon, when they stood still in Joshua’s time; the arrows of the Almighty, and the lightning of his spear, that is, hailstones mingled with fire, and thunder, and lightning, which the heathens call Jupiter’s arrows; these steered their course, being directed against the enemies of the Lord’s people, and fought for them, ( Joshua 10:10,11) or at the light of these, which looked very bright and dazzling through the rays of the sun upon them, the Israelites marched against their enemies, and avenged themselves on them: but these bright arrows and glittering spear, and the light and shining of them, seem to design no other than the weapons of the Christian ministry or warfare; the Gospel, and the doctrines of it; the light of which broke forth at the Reformation, the same that is meant by the “morning star”, ( Revelation 2:28) irradiated by which, the ministers of it especially went forth with courage against their antichristian enemies, and prevailed, and spread the Gospel in many countries. It may be rendered as a petition, “let them walk at the light” f136 , etc.; a prayer of faith that it might be, and which is a prophecy that it would be.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 3-15 - God's people, when in distress, and ready to despair, seek help by considering the days of old, and the years of ancient times, and by pleading them with God in prayer. The resemblance between the Babylonish and Egyptian captivities, naturally presents itself to the mind, as well as the possibility of a like deliverance through the power of Jehovah. God appeared in his glory. All the powers of natur are shaken, and the course of nature changed, but all is for the salvation of God's own people. Even what seems least likely, shall be made to work for their salvation. Hereby is given a type and figure of the redemption of the world by Jesus Christ. It is for salvation with thine anointed. Joshua who led the armies of Israel, was a figure of Him whose name he bare, even Jesus, our Joshua. In all the salvation wrought for them, God looked upon Christ the Anointed, and brough deliverances to pass by him. All the wonders done for Israel of old were nothing to that which was done when the Son of God suffered on the cross for the sins of his people. How glorious his resurrection an ascension! And how much more glorious will be his second coming, to pu an end to all that opposes him, and all that causes suffering to his people!
Original Hebrew
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