Habakkuk 2:20

But Jehovah is in his holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before him!

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

In Context

19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake! to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall it teach? Behold it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

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Cross References

Job 37:20Shall it be told him if I would speak? if a man [so] say, surely he shall be swallowed up.

Psalms 46:10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Psalms 76:9When God rose up to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

Psalms 132:13For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:

Isaiah 66:1Thus saith Jehovah: The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what is the house that ye will build unto me? and what is the place of my rest?

Jonah 2:4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:16-20

Judgment Predicted. ( b. c. 600.) 15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! 16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord 's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the… Read the whole commentary →

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