Habakkuk 3:14
Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
Context
This verse from Habakkuk Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. Habakkuk's prayer-poem describes a theophanic vision of God marching from Teman and Paran in the manner of the ancient warrior-God, making the mountains skip and the deep lift up its hands. The vision is terrifying but the prophet declares that …
Other Translations
Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
Thou hast pierced with his staves the head of his leaders, They are tempestuous to scatter me, Their exultation <FI>is<Fi> as to consume the poor in secret.
You have put your spears through his head, his horsemen were sent in flight like dry stems; they had joy in driving away the poor, in making a meal of them secretly.
Cross References
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And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every …
And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that …
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land …
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see …
And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from …
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a …
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his …