Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
strike . . . with his staves—with the "wicked" (Habakkuk 3:13) foe's own sword (MAURER translates, "spears") (Judges 7:22).
head of his villages—Not only kings were overthrown by God's hand, but His vengeance passed through the foe's villages and dependencies. A just retribution, as the foe had made "the inhabitants of Israel's villages to cease" (Judges 5:7). GROTIUS translates, "of his warriors"; GESENIUS, "the chief of his captains."
to scatter me—Israel, with whom Habakkuk identifies himself (compare Habakkuk 1:12).
rejoicing . . . to devour the poor secretly—"The poor" means the Israelites, for whom in their helpless state the foe lurks in his lair, like a wild beast, to pounce on and devour (Psalms 10:9; Psalms 17:12).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Habakkuk 3:14:
Job 18:11
Psalms 14:4-6
Psalms 77:14-20
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