Habakkuk 3:12
"Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Thou didst march through the land with indignation,.... Not the land of Canaan, fighting against the inhabitants of it, dispossessing them to make room for the Israelites, whatever allusion may be to it; but the antichristian land, the whole Romish jurisdiction,

and all the states of it, through which the Lord will march in wrath and fury, when he pours out the vials of it upon them; or this is desired, and prayed for; for it may be rendered, "do thou march through the land" (r), &c.; foreseeing and believing that he would: thou didst thresh the heathen in anger; or, "do thou thresh" (s), &c.; these are the Papists, called heathens and Gentiles in Scripture, because of the heathenish customs and practices they have introduced into the Christian religion, Psa 10:16 these are the nations that will be gathered together like sheaves of grain on a floor to be threshed; and when Zion the church of Christ, and Christian princes, will be called upon to arise, and thresh them; and the Lord by them will do it, namely, separate his own people from them, which are like wheat, and utterly destroy them, as chaff and stubble, Mic 4:12 . (r) "progredlaris", Van Till. (s) "tritures", Van Till.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H2195 זַעַם
Definition:

25indignation; —׳זIsaiah 10:257t.;זָעַ֑םIsaiah 26:202t.; suffixזַעְמִיIsaiah 10:53t.;זַעַמְךָPsalm 102:11;זַעְמֶ֑ךָPsalm 38:4;Psalm 69:25;זַעְמוֺIsaiah 13:53t.; —indignationof menHosea 7:16;Jeremiah 1 25indignation; —׳זIsaiah 10:257t.;זָעַ֑םIsaiah 26:202t.; suffixזַעְמִיIsaiah 10:53t.;זַעַמְךָPsalm 102:11;זַעְמֶ֑ךָPsalm 38:4;Psalm 69:25;זַעְמוֺIsaiah 13:53t.; —indignationof menHosea 7:16;Jeremiah 1

H6805 צָעַד
Definition:

22: (but on text see below); 3pluralצָֽעֲדוּ2 Samuel 6:13;Imperfect3masculine singularיִצְעָ֑דProverbs 7:8, etc.;Infinitive constructsuffixבְּצַעַדְךָJudges 5:4בְּצַעְדְּךָPsalm 68:8step, march, of׳יJ 22: (but on text see below); 3pluralצָֽעֲדוּ2 Samuel 6:13;Imperfect3masculine singularיִצְעָ֑דProverbs 7:8, etc.;Infinitive constructsuffixבְּצַעַדְךָJudges 5:4בְּצַעְדְּךָPsalm 68:8step, march, of׳יJ

Possible Meanings:
  • pace (semantic_range)
H0776 אֶרֶץ
Definition:

11& (seldom)masculineGenesis 13:16earth, land(Phoenician, MIארץ, AssyrianirƒituCOTGloss, Arabic, Sabeanארץֿe.g. Os9DHMZMG 1875, 594, 614; Semitic Sprachf. 12, compare PräBAS i. 374 n., Aramaicאֲרַע,) 11& (seldom)masculineGenesis 13:16earth, land(Phoenician, MIארץ, AssyrianirƒituCOTGloss, Arabic, Sabeanארץֿe.g. Os9DHMZMG 1875, 594, 614; Semitic Sprachf. 12, compare PräBAS i. 374 n., Aramaicאֲרַע,)

H0639 אַף
Definition:

2nostril, nose, face, anger(Assyrianappu,faceFloodiii. 27, 29compare Hpt KAT2Gloss, Arabic, Ethiopicnose; Aramaic,אֲנְמִּיןface) — absolutePsalm 78:21+; constructGenesis 27:45+; suffixאַמּיExodus 22:2 2nostril, nose, face, anger(Assyrianappu,faceFloodiii. 27, 29compare Hpt KAT2Gloss, Arabic, Ethiopicnose; Aramaic,אֲנְמִּיןface) — absolutePsalm 78:21+; constructGenesis 27:45+; suffixאַמּיExodus 22:2

Possible Meanings:
  • also (semantic_range)
H1758 דּוּשׁ
Definition:

20,וְדַשְׁתִּ֫יJudges 8:7;Imperfectוַיָּדָשׁso read forוַיֹּדַעJudges 8:16compare Be Door Bu Vrss; 2 masculine singularתָּדוּשׁIsaiah 41:15;Habakkuk 3:12; 3masculine singular suffixיְדוּשֶׁ֑נּוּIsaiah 20,וְדַשְׁתִּ֫יJudges 8:7;Imperfectוַיָּדָשׁso read forוַיֹּדַעJudges 8:16compare Be Door Bu Vrss; 2 masculine singularתָּדוּשׁIsaiah 41:15;Habakkuk 3:12; 3masculine singular suffixיְדוּשֶׁ֑נּוּIsaiah

Possible Meanings:
  • tread down (semantic_range)
H1471 גּוֹי
Definition:

2nation, people(Late Hebrewid. Gentiles, Phoenicianגוcommunity,, Sabeanגוid., DHMZMG 1883, 348) —׳גGenesis 12:2121t.; suffix 1 singularגּוֺיִZephaniah 2:9,גּוֺיֶ֑ךָPsalm 106:5,גּוֺיֵךְKtEzekiel 36:13, 2nation, people(Late Hebrewid. Gentiles, Phoenicianגוcommunity,, Sabeanגוid., DHMZMG 1883, 348) —׳גGenesis 12:2121t.; suffix 1 singularגּוֺיִZephaniah 2:9,גּוֺיֶ֑ךָPsalm 106:5,גּוֺיֵךְKtEzekiel 36:13,

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