Habakkuk 3:7

The curtains of Cushan were troubled, and the tents of Midian were shaking.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

In Context

6From his high place he sent shaking on the earth; he saw and nations were suddenly moved: and the eternal mountains were broken, the unchanging hills were bent down; his ways are eternal.

8Was your wrath burning against the rivers? were you angry with the sea, that you went on your horses, on your war-carriages of salvation?

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Cross References

Genesis 25:1And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.

Exodus 15:14Hearing of you the peoples were shaking in fear: the people of Philistia were gripped with pain.

Numbers 31:2Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.

Joshua 9:24And, answering Joshua, they said, Because it came to the ears of your servants that the Lord your God had given orders to his servant Moses to give you all this land, and to send destruction on all the people living in it, because of you; so, fearing greatly for our lives because of you, we have done this.

Psalms 83:5\83:4\They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.

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 →

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