Albert Barnes Commentary Habakkuk 3:17

"For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:" — Habakkuk 3:17 (ASV)

Although – literally, For.

The fig tree shall not blossom – The prophet repeats his confidence in God, stating first his knowledge that all human hopes should fail. He says, "I know all support will fail." He lists, from the least to the greatest, the fruits of trees—the fig, vine, and olive—for sweetness, gladness, and cheerfulness (Psalms 104:15), of which the well-being of the vine and fig tree provides the proverbial picture of peace and rest.

These will either not sprout or, at harvest time, will have no produce; or, having seemingly labored to produce fruit, they will fail and yield nothing. Furthermore, "the staff of life" itself will fail; the fields shall yield no meat; and all the fields, as if they were all one, will share one common fate: barrenness.

Moreover, the flocks shall be cut off from the fold. Not only will those feeding out in fields and open plains be driven away, but they will also be carried away by the enemy from the folds where they seemed securely penned.

And not these only, but there shall be no herd in the stalls; even the stronger animals will utterly fail. Every help for labor, clothing, or food will cease; he speaks not of privation or partial failure, but of the entire loss of all things: no meat from the fields, no herd in the stalls. And what then?