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Habakkuk 3:12

The Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 3:12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Thou didst march through the land in indignation; thou treadest the earth in .fury. The mighty Judge stalks over the earth (; comp. 5:4; ). It is a general statement, and not to be confined to the successes of Joshua and the destruction of the Canaanites.

Septuagint, ἐν ἀπειλῇ ὀλιγώσεις γῆν, with the alteration of a letter," Thou wilt bring low the land with threats." Thou didst thresh the heathen (nations) in anger; Septuagint, ἐν θυμῷ κατάξεις ("thou wilt break in pieces") ἔθνη.

Jerome here renders the verb, obstupefacies; but elsewhere, as ; ; , he uses triturare which gives the best meaning. The kindred figure is found in ; , etc.

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