Habakkuk 2:20

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Summary

Habakkuk 2:20

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

The lord

Ephesians 2:21

Let all the earth keep silence before him

General references

Jonah 2:8

Bible References

The lord

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.

But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.

For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His dwelling place:

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw [in a vision] the Lord sitting on a throne, high and exalted, with the train of His royal robe filling the [most holy part of the] temple.

This is what the Lord says,

“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?
And where will My resting place be?

“Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

in whom the whole structure is joined together, and it continues [to increase] growing into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, set apart, and sacred to the presence of the Lord].

Let all the earth keep silence before him

“Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”

You caused judgment to be heard from heaven;
The earth feared and was quiet

[Hush!] Be silent before the Lord God [there is no acceptable excuse to offer]!
For the day [of the vengeance] of the Lord is near,
For the Lord has prepared a sacrifice (Judah),
He has set apart [for His use] those who have accepted His invitation [the Chaldeans who rule Babylon].

“Be still before the Lord, all mankind; for He is roused (raised up) from His holy habitation [in response to His persecuted people].”

General references

“Those who regard and follow worthless idols

Turn away from their [living source of] mercy and lovingkindness.