Habakkuk 2:20
But Jehovah is in his Holy temple; Be silent before him, all the earth!
Noyes 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 37:20Shall it be told him that I would speak? Shall a man speak, that he may be consumed?
Psalms 46:10“Desist, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted throughout the earth!”
Psalms 76:9When God arose to judgment, To save all the oppressed of the earth!
Psalms 132:13For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it as his dwelling-place.
Isaiah 66:1Thus saith Jehovah: Heaven is my throne, And the earth my footstool; Where is the house that ye can build me, And where is the place of my rest?
Jonah 2:4And I said, “I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again to 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 →