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Habakkuk 2:20

Howbeit, Yahweh, is in his holy temple,—Hush before him, all the earth.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

In Context

19Alas! for him who saith to wood, Awake, bestir thee! to a silent stone, he, shall teach! Though he is overlaid with gold and silver, yet, no spirit whatsoever, is in him!

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Cross References

Job 37:20Shall it be declared to him—that I would speak? Were any man to say aught, he might he destroyed?

Psalms 46:10Let be! and know that, I, am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Psalms 76:9When God rose up to judgment, To save all the oppressed of the earth. [Selah.]

Psalms 132:13For Yahweh hath chosen Zion,—He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself:

Isaiah 66:1Thus, saith Yahweh, The, heavens, are my throne, and The earth, is my footstool: Where then is the house which ye can build me? Or where is my place of rest?

Jonah 2:4And, I, said, I am driven out from before thine eyes,—Yet will I again have regard unto 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 →

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