Habakkuk 3:17

Translations

Modern

Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

Traditional

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:

Literal

Though the fig tree may not bud, and there be no fruit on the vines; though the work of the olive may fail, and the fields not produce food, though the flock is cut off from the fold, and there herd is in the stalls,

Latin

Ficus enim non florebit, et non erit germen in vineis; mentietur opus olivæ, et arva non afferent cibum: abscindetur de ovili pecus, et non erit armentum in præsepibus.

Original

Hebrew

English

Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

Notes

Habakkuk 3:17–19

After recounting God’s powerful acts of redemption (Habakkuk 3:2–15) and pausing to reflect on them (3:16), Habakkuk reaffirms his trust in God as he ends his prayer.
Though … yet I will exult: Even if God never gives material blessings to his people again, he is still worthy of all their trust and praise. No matter what happens, the prophet could rejoice, knowing that the Lord is not only Israel’s Redeemer but also the source of his own salvation.

Habakkuk 3:1–19

Habakkuk’s prophecy concludes with a prayer that has the style and language of a psalm (a song of prayer).

Theme notes and profiles

Human Confusion and God’s Purpose What Is Good

Events

Prophecies of Habakkukc. 607 BC

Related verses

Joel 1:16–18
Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Jeremiah 5:17
They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
Haggai 2:16–17
…from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
Amos 4:6–10
“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
Deuteronomy 28:15–18
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
Deuteronomy 28:30–41
You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
Joel 1:10–13
The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
Jeremiah 14:2–8
“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

Glossary

Book of Habakkuk Food and Food Preparation Habakkuk (Person) Manger Shiggaion, Shigionoth

Topics

Fig Trees Joy in Sufferings Joy of Saints should be Under Calamities The Fig-Tree: Failure of, a Great Calamity The Olive-Tree: Failure of, a Great Calamity The Ox was Fed in Stalls

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