SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:12
Con ira hollaste la tierra, con furor trillaste los gentiles.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Habakkuk 3:12
Verse 12. Thou didst march through the land] This refers to the conquest of Canaan. God is represented as going at the head of his people as general-in-chief; and leading them on from conquest to conquest-which was the fact. Thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.] Thou didst tread them down, as the oxen do the sheaves on the threshing-floor.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 12. Thou didst march through the land with indignation , etc.] 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” f137 , etc.; foreseeing and believing that he would: thou didst thresh the heathen in anger ; or, “do thou thresh” f138 , etc.; these are the Papists, called heathens and Gentiles in Scripture, because of the heathenish customs and practices they have introduced into the Christian religion, ( Psalm 10:16 Revelation 11:2) 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, ( Micah 4:12,13).
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
בזעם 2195 תצעד 6805 ארץ 776 באף 639 תדושׁ 1758 גוים׃ 1471
