Habakkuk 3:6
He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and discomfited the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered, The everlasting hills gave way: His ways are everlasting.
Darby Translation
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In Context
5Before him went the pestilence, And a burning flame went forth at his feet.
7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Cross References
Exodus 15:14The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
Exodus 15:17Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place that thou, Jehovah, hast made thy dwelling, The Sanctuary, Lord, that thy hands have prepared.
Exodus 21:31Whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him.
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High assigned to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
Joshua 10:42and all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time; for Jehovah the God of Israel fought for Israel.
Judges 5:5The mountains quaked before the face of Jehovah, That Sinai, from before Jehovah the God of Israel.
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 →