translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: HAB

label: NET study note

text: Teman was a city or region in southern Edom.


text: The precise location of Mount Paran is unknown, but like Teman it was located to the southeast of Israel. Habakkuk saw God marching from the direction of Sinai.


text: The following context suggests these questions should be answered, “Yes.” The rivers and the sea, symbolizing here the hostile nations (v. 12 ), are objects of the Lord’s anger (vv. 10, 15 ).


text: The great deep , which is to be equated with the sea (vv. 8, 15 ), is a symbol of chaos and represents the Lord’s enemies.


text: Lifting the hands here suggests panic and is accompanied by a cry for mercy (see Ps 28:2 ; Lam 2:19 ). The forces of chaos cannot withstand the Lord’s power revealed in the storm.