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He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
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God's Absolute Authority
Commentators explain that God “standing and measuring the earth” is a powerful image of His absolute ownership and sovereign control over the entire world. The shattering of “eternal mountains” symbolizes that no human empire or power, no matter how permanent it seems, can resist His will. This imagery is meant to assure believers that God is in complete control, even in times of crisis.
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Habakkuk
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He stood - It is “a metaphor of His giving victory to Israel,” Tanchum says.
And measured - So Kimchi, A. E., Rashi, Tanchum, …
19th Century
Anglican
Habakkuk describes the “Theophany” or self-manifestation of Jehovah, which is to introduce the desired deliverance. The Authorised Version has unfo…
16th Century
Protestant
He says that God possessed every power to subdue the earth to himself, and that he could at his will destroy it, indeed, dissolve mountains as well…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He stood and measured the earth This alludes to the ark of the Lord, the symbol of his presence, standing and abiding at Gilga…
God's people, when in distress, and ready to despair, seek help by considering the days of old, and the years of ancient times, and by pleading the…
