Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
Majority Standard Bible
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 37:20Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
Psalms 46:10“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
Psalms 76:9when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah
Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
Isaiah 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
Jonah 2:4At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your 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 →