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Habakkuk 3:16

I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

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ASV

I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.

KJV

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.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי׀sha.Ma'.tiI heardH8085 →
וַתִּרְגַּ֣זva.tir.Gazand it trembledH7264 →
בִּטְנִ֗יbit.Nibelly myH990 →
לְקוֹל֙le.kOlto [the] soundH6963 →
צָלֲל֣וּtza.la.Luthey quiveredH6750 →
שְׂפָתַ֔יse.fa.Tailips myH8193 →
יָב֥וֹאya.Vo'it cameH935 →
רָקָ֛בra.KavrottennessH7538 →
בַּעֲצָמַ֖יba.'a.tza.Maiin bones myH6106 →
וְתַחְתַּ֣יve.tach.Taiand under meH8478 →
אֶרְגָּ֑ז'er.GazI trembledH7264 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherthatH834 →
אָנ֙וּחַ֙'a.Nu.achI will be quietH5117 →
לְי֣וֹםle.Yomfor [the] day ofH3117 →
צָרָ֔הtza.RahtroubleH6869 →
לַעֲל֖וֹתla.'a.Lotto come upH5927 →
לְעַ֥םle.'Amto [the] peopleH5971 →
יְגוּדֶֽנּוּ׃ye.gu.De.nu[which] attacks us itH1464 →

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Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.Jeremiah 23:9As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.Habakkuk 3:2O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!Habakkuk 1:5–11“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.Daniel 10:8So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.2 Thessalonians 1:6–9After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.Jeremiah 45:3–5You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”Jeremiah 25:9–11behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.Psalms 94:12–13Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,Jeremiah 15:10–11Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.Lamentations 1:13He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.Psalms 94:13to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.2 Kings 24:1–2During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.Ezekiel 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.Daniel 8:27I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.Isaiah 26:20–21Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

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