Habakkuk 3:5
He sent plagues in front of him, and other plagues came behind him.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
In Context
4His glory was like [SIM] a sunrise; rays flashed from his hands where he hides his power.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:25I will send foreign armies [MTY] to punish you for not doing the things that I commanded you to do in the agreement that I made with you. If you try to escape from your enemies by shutting yourselves in your cities that have walls around them, I will cause you to experience plagues, and I will allow your enemies to capture [IDM] you.
Numbers 16:46Moses/I said to Aaron, “Quickly take another pan and put in it some burning/hot coals from the altar. Put incense in the pan, and carry it out among the people to atone for the sins of the people. Yahweh is very angry with them, and I know that a ◄severe plague/bad sickness► has already started among them.”
Psalms 18:7Then the earth quaked/shook strongly [DOU]; the mountains shook very strongly from their centers [DOU] because Yahweh was angry.
Nahum 1:2Yahweh our God ◄is jealous/does not want people to worship any other god►. He is very angry with those who worship other gods, and he gets revenge [DOU] on all those who oppose him [DOU].
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 →