Habakkuk 3:6

"Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet."

Key Reflection

In first-century Palestine, the concept of a divine messenger being accompanied by plagues and pestilence was both terrifying and significant. The people of Habakkuk's time would have recognized these calamities as signs of God’s judgment or presence, underscoring the severity of the prophet’s message about impending destruction and the need for moral reform.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

He stood -It is “a metaphor of his giving victory to Israel” Tanchum. And measured -So Kimchi, A. E., Rashi, Tanchum, Vulgate. It is borne out by Hithpolel. “extended himself,”1 Kings 17:21. By an interchange of dentals;מודmight be =מוט, and so the Aramaic and the Septuagint but in no other case do the two forms co-exist in Hebrew. The earth -Joshua, after he had conquered the land, meted it out and divided it among the people. He who should come, should measure out the earth in its length and breadth, that earth which His glory filleth.

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