Habakkuk 2:20

But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before Him.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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!' Can this 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 that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

Psalms 46:10(46-11) 'Let be, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'

Psalms 76:9(76-10) When God arose to judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah

Psalms 132:13For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation:

Isaiah 66:1Thus saith the LORD: The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool; where is the house that ye may build unto Me? And where is the place that may be My resting-place?

Jonah 2:4(2-5) And I said: 'I am cast out from before Thine eyes'; yet I will 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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