Habakkuk 3:4

"God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth."

Key Reflection

In Habakkuk 3:4-5, God's majestic arrival is depicted as a divine presence that fills the skies with glory and spreads praise across the earth. This imagery emphasizes God’s overwhelming power and his holy nature, setting the stage for the prophet to recount experiences of divine deliverance and glory.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

and His brightness -that wherein God dwellethEzekiel 10:4, “the brightness of the Lord’s glory,” before which darkness fleethPsalms 18:12, “was as the light,” or as the sun. Out of the midst of the darkness, wherewith God, as it wereExodus 19:9,Exodus 19:16;Exodus 20:21, hid Himself, the brightness of the “inapproachable Light” wherein “He dwelleth,” gleams forthExodus 24:10, bright as the brightest “light” gathered into one, which man knows of and whereon he cannot gaze.

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