Habakkuk 3:12
You went stepping through the land in wrath, crushing the nations in your passion.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
In Context
11At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.
Cross References
Joshua 6:1(Now Jericho was all shut up because of the children of Israel: there was no going out or coming in.)
Psalms 44:1To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil.
Psalms 90:7We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
Isaiah 41:15See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.
Amos 1:3These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Damascus, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have been crushing Gilead with iron grain-crushing instruments.
Zechariah 1:15And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.
Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 3:4-16
The Divine Majesty; Wonders Wrought for Israel. ( b. c. 600.) 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. 4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. 5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the… Read the whole commentary →