ערות 13. ערוץ 13 רשת לצפייה ישירה

Thou piercest with his spears the head of his hordes, which storm hither to beat me to powder, whose rejoicing is, as it were, to swallow the poor in secret Each head person sprung from and belonging to the house of Israel's wicked foes; such as Jabin, whose city Hazor was "the head of all the kingdoms" of Canaan Jos 11:10; compare Jud 4:2, 3, 13
In this case the present clause is merely a repetition of the preceding one You crush the leader of the house of the wicked and strip him from foot to neck

The general meaning is plain - the metaphorical house is destroyed from summit to base, the destruction beginning at the gable is carried on to the very foundations According to this view, "the neck" should mean the very lowest basis of the walls.

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Habakkuk 3:13 Hebrew Text Analysis
Habakkuk 3:13 Commentaries: You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For the salvation of Your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the evil To lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah.
Thou treadest upon the sea: Thy horses, upon the heap of great waters
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Keil supposes that "the neck" is the central part of the house, looking from the gable downwards; though why this should be so called is not apparent; and the wording of the original, "the foundations even to the neck," compels us to connect the two words together, and will not allow us to interpret "the neck" of some higher part of the building
The anointed of God is not the chosen, consecrated nation Schnur In all the salvations wrought for them, God looked upon Christ the Anointed, and brought deliverances to pass by him
Prophecy, in speaking of the first, has in mind all the rest, and chiefly the chiefest and the end of all, the full salvation of His people through Jesus Christ our Lord Selah: all which is to be heeded, and well minded

This thought in connects the conclusion of the description of the judicial coming of God with what precedes.

Leviticus 18:13 Hebrew Text Analysis
The Messiah as the Son of David is distinguished from Jehovah, and as such is the object of divine help, just as in , where He is called נושׁע in this respect, and in the royal Messianic psalms
ערוץ 13 רשת לצפייה ישירה
The "salvation" of them is a spiritual one, a salvation from all their sins; from the power and dominion, pollution and guilt, the damning power of them, and at last from the very being of them; as well as from Satan, the law, death, hell, and wrath to come: it is perfect and complete, and endures for ever
Habakkuk 3:13 Commentaries: You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For the salvation of Your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the evil To lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah.
For the salvation of thy people even for salvation with Thine anointed - The English Version is doubtless right