Holy Scripture

Habakkuk 3:16

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 14 and following) You have cursed his scepters, the heads of his warriors, who come like a whirlwind to scatter me. Their rejoicing is like that of someone who devours the poor in secret. You have made a path in the sea for your horses, in the mud of many waters. I heard, and my stomach trembled; at the sound m…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Habakkuk

Source: Septuagint

Original

16I watched, and my belly trembled At the sound of the prayer of my lips, And trembling entered into my bones, And my frame was troubled within me; I will rest in the day of affliction, From going up to the people of my sojourning.

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In context

14Thou didst cut asunder the heads of princes with amazement, They shall tremble in it; They shall burst their bridles, They shall be as a poor man devouring in secret.

15And thou dost cause thy horses to enter the sea, Disturbing much water.

— Habakkuk 3:16 —

17For though the fig tree shall bear no fruit, And there shall be no produce on the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall produce no food: The sheep have failed from the pasture, And there are no oxen at the cribs;

18Yet I will exult in the Lord, I will joy in God my Savior.

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