Habacuc 3:12

12 Con ira hollaste la tierra, con furor trillaste los gentiles

Habacuc 3:12 Meaning and Commentary

Habakkuk 3:12

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" ^F18; foreseeing and believing that he would: thou didst thresh the heathen in anger;
or, "do thou thresh" ^F19, &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, ( Psalms 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 Micah 4:13 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (deut) "progredlaris", Van Till.
F19 (vwdt) "tritures", Van Till.

Habacuc 3:12 In-Context

10 Te vieron, y tuvieron temor los montes; pasó la inundación de las aguas; el abismo dio su voz, la hondura alzó sus manos

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

12 Con ira hollaste la tierra, con furor trillaste los gentiles

13 Saliste para salvar a tu pueblo, para salvar con tu Ungido. Traspasaste la cabeza de la casa del impío, desnudando el cimiento hasta el cuello. Selah

14 Horadaste con sus báculos las cabezas de sus villas, que como tempestad acometieron para derramarme; su orgullo era como para devorar al pobre encubiertamente