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Habakkuk 3:6

He stood forward, and made the earth tremble; he looked and dispersed nations; and there burst asunder the everlasting mountains; there sunk the perpetual hills: the ways of the world are his.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

In Context

5Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth in his steps.

7In affliction I saw the tents of Cushan: they trembled—the curtains of the land of Midian.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:14Nations hear it and tremble: sorrow seizeth the inhabitants of Palestine.

Exodus 15:17Thou wilt bring them, and plant them on the mountain of thy inheritance, the place, O Lord, which thou hast wrought for thy residence, the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

Exodus 21:31If he gore a son, or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall be done unto him.

Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of man: he set the bounds of the tribes according to the number of the sons of Israel.

Joshua 10:42And all these kings and their land did Joshua capture at one time; because the Lord, the God of Israel fought for Israel.

Judges 5:5The mountains melted away because of the presence of the Lord, yonder Sinai, because of the presence of the Lord, 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 →

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