Habakkuk 3:12

Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.

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In Context

11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.

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Cross References

Joshua 6:1Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

Isaiah 41:15Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

Amos 1:3Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

Zechariah 1:15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

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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