Habakkuk 2:20

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	וַֽיהוָ֖ה va.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · conjunction + proper noun, a title
holy	קָדְשׁ֑וֹ ka.de.Sho	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
temple	בְּהֵיכַ֣ל be.hei.Khal	H1964	a large public building · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
earth	הָאָֽרֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
silence	הַ֥ס has	H2013	to hush · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
before	מִפָּנָ֖יו mi.pa.Nav	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Zechariah 2:13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
Zephaniah 1:7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his…
Psalms 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalms 11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Isaiah 6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Jonah 2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Micah 1:2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Psalms 76:8-9 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:15–end

The three foregoing articles, upon which the woes here are grounded, are very near akin to each other. The criminals charged by them are oppressors and extortioners, that raise estates by rapine and injustice; and it is mentioned here again (Hab 2:17), the very same that was said Hab 2:8, for that is the crime upon which the greatest stress is laid; it is because of men's blood, innocent blood, barbarously and unjustly shed, which is a provoking crying thing; it is for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein, which God will certainly reckon for, sooner or later, as the asserter of right and the avenger of wrong. But here are two articles more, of a different natu…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Habakkuk 2:20

But the Lord--JEHOVAH; in striking contrast with the idols. in his holy temple--"His place" (Isa 26:21); heaven (Psa 11:4; Jon 2:7; Mic 1:2). The temple at Jerusalem is a type of it, and there God is to be worshipped. He does not lie hid under gold and silver, as the idols of Babylon, but reigns in heaven and fills heaven, and thence succors His people. keep silence--in token of reverent submission and subjection to His judgments (Job 40:4; Psa 76:8; Zep 1:7; Zac 2:13). This sublime ode begins with an exordium (Hab 3:1-2), then follows the main subject, then the peroration (Hab 3:16-19), a summary of the practical truth, which the whole is designed to teach. (Deu 33:2-5; Psa 77:13-20 ar…

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Adam Clarke on Habakkuk 2:20

The Lord is in his holy temple - Jehovah has his temple, the place where he is to be worshipped; but there there is no image. Oracles, however, are given forth; and every word of them is truth, and is fulfilled in its season. And this temple and its worship are holy; no abomination can be practiced there, and every thing in it leads to holiness of heart and life. Let all the earth keep silence before him - Let all be dumb. Let none of them dare to open their mouths in the presence of Jehovah. He alone is Sovereign. He alone is the arbiter of life and death. Let all hear his commands with the deepest respect, obey them with the promptest diligence, and worship him with the most profound rever…

The Church Fathers

And then, as to that which is subjoined, "When the time is come, Thou shalt be shown forth," what exposition doth this require, if a man diligently direct the eye of his mind to the festival which we are now celebrating? "For then shalt Thou be shown forth," He says, "as upon a kingly charger, by Thy pure and chaste mother, in the temple, and that in the grace and beauty of the flesh assumed by Thee." All these things the prophet, summing up for the sake of greater clearness, exclaims in brief: "The Lord is in His holy temple;" "Fear before Him all the earth."
— Methodius of Olympus, ORATION CONCERNING SIMEON AND ANNA 4

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Habakkuk 2:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:15–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Habakkuk 2:20

Adam Clarke on Habakkuk 2:20

The Church Fathers

Habakkuk 2:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:15–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Habakkuk 2:20

Adam Clarke on Habakkuk 2:20

The Church Fathers

John Gill on Habakkuk 2:20

John Calvin on Habakkuk 2:20–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Habakkuk 2:18–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Habakkuk 2:20

Rashi on Habakkuk 2:20