Habakkuk 3

Habakkuk 3:14

From him - From that God whom thou hast despised.

Habakkuk 3:16

MENE - MENE MENE, it is numbered, it is numbered; the words are doubled for the greater confirmation. It relates to the number of the seventy years for the overthrow of the Babylonish empire.

Habakkuk 3:17

Art found wanting - There is no weight nor worth in thee; thou hast made light of God, and the Lord makes light of thee.

Habakkuk 3:18

PERES - Separated, divided, broken. Phars signifies two things, broken off, and Persian; noting that, first, this kingdom was broken down from Belshazzar. Secondly, that it was given to the Persians.