Habakkuk 2:20
But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
In Context
Cross References
Job 37:20Who shall tell him the things I speak? even if a man shall speak, he shall be swallowed up.
Psalms 46:10making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in the fire.
Psalms 76:9Thou hast caused judgment to be heard from heaven: the earth trembled and was still,
Isaiah 66:1Thus saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool: what is this house that you will build to me? and what is this place of my rest?
Jonah 2:4And thou hast cast me forth into the deep in the heart of the sea, and a flood hath compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me.
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 →