SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:9
Se descubrió enteramente tu arco; y los juramentos a las tribus, Palabra eterna, cuando partiste la tierra con ríos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:9
Verse 9. Thy bow was made quite naked] That is, it was drawn out of its case; as the arrows had their quiver, so the bows had their cases. A fine oriental bow and bow-case, with quiver and arrows, are now before me; they show with what propriety Jehovah is represented as taking his bow out of its case, in order to set his arrow upon the cord, to shoot at his enemies. It is not the drawing out, or making bare the arrow, that is mentioned here; but the taking the bow out of its case to prepare to shoot. This verse appears to be an answer to the questions in the preceding: "Was the Lord displeased," &c. The answer is, All this was done "according to the oaths of the tribes;" the covenant of God, frequently repeated and renewed, which he made with the tribes, to give them the land of the Canaanites for their inheritance.
Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.] Or, "Thou didst cleave the streams of the land." Or, "Thou cleavedst the dry land into rivers." This may be a reference to the passage of Jordan, and transactions at Arnon and the brook Jabbok. See Num. xxi. 13-15.
In this verse we have Selah again, which, as before, may signify a pause, or some alteration in the music.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 9. Thy bow was made quite naked , etc.] It was took out of its case, and arrows out of their quiver, and these made use of against the enemies of his people: this is put for all weapons of war; the sword was unsheathed, and all military weapons employed, and the power of the Lord was exerted; or, as the Targum, “the Lord was revealed in his power;” fighting the battles of his people, as in the times of Joshua: [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah . That is, to fulfil his word of promise, to which he had annexed his oaths, he at several times swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to the fathers of the Israelites, that he would put them in possession of the land of Canaan; and which being worthy of notice, and to be remarked, the word “Selah” is added. So the Targum, “in revealing thou art revealed in thy power, because of thy covenant which thy word made with the tribes for ever.”
The “bow” here is an emblem of the Gospel, with which Christ the Captain of our salvation, the antitype of Joshua, went forth, more especially in the first ages of Christianity, conquering and to conquer, ( Revelation 6:2).
The arrows of this bow are the doctrines of the Gospel, which are sharp in the heart of Christ’s enemies, his elect; who are so in a state of nature, whereby they are brought into subjection to him, ( Psalm 45:5) and hereby the promises of God confirmed by his oaths are accomplished, that the spiritual seed of Christ shall endure for ever; or he shall never want a seed to serve him, ( Psalm 89:35,36): Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers ; which is generally supposed to allude to the smiting of the rock, from whence waters gushed out, and ran in dry places like a river; for which channels or canals were made in the earth, in which they flowed and followed the Israelites wherever they went, and supplied man and beast with water. So the Targum, “for thou didst break strong rocks, rivers came forth overflowing the earth;” (see <19A541> Psalm 105:41 1 Corinthians 10:4) but this seems to be going back in the history; rather therefore this refers to the rivers formed in the land of Canaan, whereby it became fertile; hence it is called a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring out of valleys and hills, ( Deuteronomy 8:7). This may respect, in futurity, either the provisions of grace, and the large abundance of the blessings of it, made for the supply and satisfaction of the children of God in times of distress and difficulty, ( Isaiah 41:17,18) or that help and assistance against, protection and deliverance from, the flood of persecution, cast out after the church by Satan, in order to overwhelm her, by the earth opening its mouth, and swallowing up the flood, ( Revelation 12:15,16).
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
עריה 6181 תעור 5783 קשׁתך 7198 שׁבעות 7621 מטות 4294 אמר 562 סלה 5542 נהרות 5104 תבקע 1234 ארץ׃ 776
