Habakkuk 2:14

But in contrast, like [SIM] the oceans are filled with water, the earth will be filled with people who know that Yahweh is very great.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

In Context

13But the Commander of the armies of angels has [RHQ] declared that everything that is built by people who do things like that will be destroyed by fire; they will have worked hard uselessly.

15Terrible things will happen to you people of Babylonia who cause people who live in nearby countries to become drunk. You force them to drink a lot of wine from wineskins until they are drunk and then they walk around naked, in order that you can see that.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:27I pray that people in all nations, even in the remote areas, will think about Yahweh and turn to him, and that people from all the clans in the world will bow down before him.

Psalms 72:19Praise him forever! I desire that ◄his glory will fill the whole world/people all over the world may see that he is very great► [MTY]! Amen! May it be so!

Psalms 98:1Sing to Yahweh a new song, because he has done wonderful things! By his power [MTY] and his great strength [DOU] he has defeated his enemies.

Isaiah 11:9No creatures will harm or kill other creatures on Zion Hill, my holy hill; and the earth will be filled with people who know Yahweh like [SIM] the seas are full of water.

Ezekiel 47:5Then he measured off another ◄1,750 feet/530 meters► and led me through water that had become a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen very high, with the result that it would be necessary to swim across it. It was a river that no one could cross by walking across it.

Zechariah 14:8At that time, running/fresh water will flow from Jerusalem. One stream will flow toward the east to the Dead Sea. The other stream will flow toward the west to the Mediterranean Sea. The water will flow all the time, during ◄summer/the hot season► as well as in ◄winter/the cold season►.

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:6-15

Judgment Predicted; Judgment of the King of Babylon. ( b. c. 600.) 5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall… Read the whole commentary →

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