Habakkuk 3:14

You pierced his head with his spears, as his champions storm out to scatter us, as they rejoice to devour the poor secretly.

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In The King James Version

Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

In Context

13You go forth to save your people. You go to help your anointed. You crush the head of the wicked nation, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah

15You tread the sea with your horses, while the mighty waters roar.

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Cross References

Psalms 10:8Lying in secret in some village ambush, and stealthily watching, they murder the innocent.

Psalms 78:50He cleared a path for his anger, did not spare them from death, but gave them over to pestilence.

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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