Habakkuk 3:9 · KJV
“Thy bow was made quite naked, {according} to the oaths of the tribes, {even thy} word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. {earth...: or, rivers of the earth}”
— Habakkuk 3:9
Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? {was} thine anger against the rivers? {was} thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses {and} thy chariots of salvation? {of...: or, were salvation?}
The mountains saw thee, {and} they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, {and} lifted up his hands on high.
Habakkuk 3 — Context
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: {and} the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. {Cushan: or, Ethiopia} {in...: or, under affliction, or, vanity}
8Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? {was} thine anger against the rivers? {was} thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses {and} thy chariots of salvation? {of...: or, were salvation?}
9Thy bow was made quite naked, {according} to the oaths of the tribes, {even thy} word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. {earth...: or, rivers of the earth}
10The mountains saw thee, {and} they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, {and} lifted up his hands on high.
11The sun {and} moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, {and} at the shining of thy glittering spear. {at the light...: or, thine arrows walked in the light}
Cross References
Psalms 7:12-13
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Psalms 105:41
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places {like} a river.
Psalms 78:15-16
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave {them} drink as {out of} the great depths.
Luke 1:72-75
To perform the mercy {promised} to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
Psalms 143:6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul {thirsteth} after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Deuteronomy 32:23
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
Isaiah 52:10
The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Hebrews 6:13-18
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,