Habakkuk 3:17 KJV
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Words Then and Now
- meat food of any kind Still heard today: sweetmeats, candies and sweets Webster’s 1828 · Meat
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Scofield Notes
- Althoughi.e. despite the afflictions of Israel in dispersion, the prophet will rejoice because of the Lord, as yet to return to His temple.
Matthew Henry
- His firm trust in the Divine mercyWhen we see a day of trouble approach, it concerns us to prepare. A good hope through grace is founded in holy fear. The prophet looked back upon the...
Thompson Chains
- BarrennessLast of 6 links
- MtJirSee the chain from Genesis 25:25 · 1 link
- Fig-treesLink 4 of 11 · next Matthew 21:1
- Olive-treesSee the chain from Judges 9:9 · 5 links
- Famine (1)Link 2 of 4 · next Matthew 24:7
Cross References
- Deuteronomy 28:15–18 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: …
- Jeremiah 5:17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
- Jeremiah 14:2–8 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. …
- Joel 1:10–13 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. …
- Joel 1:16–18 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? …
- Amos 4:6–10 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. …
- Deuteronomy 28:30–41 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. …
- Haggai 2:16–17 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. …
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Hebrew and Strong’s
- Although the fig tree כִּי kî Conjunction תְאֵנָה tĕʾēnâ תְּאֵן Noun · feminine singular
- shall not blossom לֹא lōʾ Negative תִפְרָח tiprāḥ פָּרַח Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine singular
- neither shall fruit וְאֵין wĕʾên Negative · with and יְבוּל yĕbûl יְבוּל Noun · masculine singular
- in the vines בַּגְּפָנִים baggĕpānîm גֶּפֶן Noun · masculine or feminine plural · with preposition with the
- the labour מַעֲשֵׂה maʿăśê מַעֲשֶׂה Noun · masculine singular construct
- of the olive זַיִת zayit זַיִת Noun · masculine singular
- shall fail כִּחֵשׁ kiḥēš כָּחַשׁ Verb · piel perfect, third person masculine singular
- and the fields וּשְׁדֵמוֹת ûšĕdēmôt שְׁדֵמָה Noun · feminine plural · with and
- shall yield עָשָׂה ʿāśâ עָשָׂה Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- no meat לֹא lōʾ Negative אֹכֶל ʾōkel אֹכֶל Noun · masculine singular
- the flock צֹאן ṣōʾn צֹאן Noun · masculine or feminine singular
- shall be cut off גָּזַר gāzar גָּזַר Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- from the fold מִמִּכְלָה mimmiklâ מִכְלָאָה Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition
- and there shall be no herd וְאֵין wĕʾên Negative · with and בָּקָר bāqār בָּקָר Noun · masculine or feminine singular
- in the stalls בָּרְפָתִים borpātîm רֶפֶת Noun · masculine plural · with preposition with the
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