Habakkuk 2:20 BSB — MannaFest

Habakkuk 2:20

But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Habakkuk (420)

(Verse 19, 20). Woe to him who says to wood, 'Wake up!' or to silent stone (or lying stone), 'Arise!' Can it give instruction? Look, it is covered with gold and silver, but there is no breath in its midst. The Lord, however, is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him. LXX: Woe to him who says to wood, 'Wake up!' and to the stone, 'Rise!' and it is the image, the production of gold and silver, but there is no spirit in it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) The multitude of their gods which they set up, and take so much pains to support, cannot thrust out our God; he is, and will be, in his holy temple still, and glorious in holiness. They have laid waste his temple at Jerusalem; but he has a temple above that is out of the reach of their rage and malice, but within the reach of his people's faith and prayers.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיהוָ֖ה	va.Yah.weh	and Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּהֵיכַ֣ל	be.hei.Khal	[is] in [the] temple of	H1964 →
קָדְשׁ֑וֹ	ka.de.Sho	holiness his	H6944 →
הַ֥ס	has	hush!	H2013 →
מִפָּנָ֖יו	mi.pa.Nav	from before him	H6440 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ פ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 46:10
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
leads to
- Zechariah 2:13
  Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 100:3
  Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
- Ezekiel 38:23
  I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- Psalms 83:18
  May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
- Isaiah 2:17
  So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
Through
Isaiah 6:1
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
leads to
- John 12:41
  Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
- Revelation 15:8
  And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
- Revelation 7:15–17
  For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Habakkuk

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Habakkuk