Habakkuk 3:16

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Summary

When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

I heard

Habakkuk 3:2

Habakkuk 1:5

My belly

Daniel 10:8

That i

2 Thessalonians 1:6

He will

General references

Job 23:15

Job 37:1

Psalm 94:19

Bible References

I heard

O Jehovah, I heard the report about you and I am afraid of your actions. O Jehovah, make it live in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known! When you are angry remember mercy.

Look among the nations, watch, and be amazed. Though you are told you will not believe the work I do today.

My belly

My flesh trembles out of respect for you. I truly reverence (respect) your judgments.

My heart is broken within me. All my bones tremble! I have become like a drunken man, even like a man overcome with wine. This is because of Jehovah and because of his holy words.

The Spirit lifted me and took me away. I went away feeling bitter and angry. The strong power of Jehovah came over me.

I, Daniel, fainted from exhaustion, and was sick for days. Then I rose up, and did the king's business. I wondered about the vision, but none understood it.

I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me. My appearance turned deathlike (pallor) (livid) (pale) and I had no strength.

That i

When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will deliver you and honor you.

Jehovah, how happy are those you instruct, the ones to whom you teach your law!

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until his rage has passed by.

Sadness is mine! Why did my mother bring me into the world? I have to quarrel and argue with everyone in the whole earth. I have not lent any money or borrowed any; yet everyone curses me.

You said: I am so miserable! Jehovah has added grief to my pain. I am worn out from groaning. I cannot find any rest.

Go through the whole city of Jerusalem and put a mark (signature) on the forehead of everyone who is distressed and troubled because of all the disgusting things being done in the city.

It is a righteous thing for God to repay with affliction (great suffering and distress) those who afflict you.

He will

Behold, I bring the Chaldeans to power, that bitter and impetuous nation. They march through the expanse of the earth to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

Jehovah will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you will not understand,

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded Judah. Jehoiakim king of Judah was forced to serve him for three years. Then he rebelled and fought against him.

so I am going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, says Jehovah. I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I am going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined.

General references

Therefore, I would be dismayed at his presence. I stand in awe of him.

The storm makes my heart beat wildly.

When I worried about many things, your assuring words comforted me.