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Habakkuk 3:7 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. "
Habakkuk 3:7
Verse in Context
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Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
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Habakkuk 3:1
"A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth."
Habakkuk 3:2
"O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy."
Habakkuk 3:3
"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."
Habakkuk 3:4
"And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power."
Habakkuk 3:5
"Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet."
Habakkuk 3:6
"He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting."
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