Habakkuk 3:8

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Was the LORD mad at the rivers? Were you angry with the rivers? Were you enraged at the sea? Such that you would climb into your horse-drawn chariots, your victorious chariots?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 68:17 : 17 God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.
  • Ps 18:10 : 10 He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.
  • Ps 114:5 : 5 Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?
  • Isa 19:1 : 1 The Lord Will Judge Egypt This is an oracle about Egypt: Look, the LORD rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.
  • Isa 50:2 : 2 Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.
  • Hab 3:15 : 15 But you trample on the sea with your horses, on the surging, raging waters.
  • Ps 104:3 : 3 and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.
  • Ps 114:3 : 3 The sea looked and fled; the Jordan River turned back.
  • Deut 33:26-27 : 26 General Praise and Blessing There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the sky to help you, on the clouds in majesty. 27 The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath you are his eternal arms; he has driven out enemies before you, and has said,“Destroy!”
  • Ps 68:4 : 4 Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the LORD is his name! Rejoice before him!
  • Josh 3:16-17 : 16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. It piled up far upstream at Adam(the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the rift valley(the Salt Sea). The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. 17 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side.
  • Exod 7:20 : 20 Moses and Aaron did so, just as the LORD had commanded. He raised the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile right before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood.
  • Exod 14:21-22 : 21 Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the LORD drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided. 22 So the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.
  • Ps 45:4 : 4 Appear in your majesty and be victorious! Ride forth for the sake of what is right, on behalf of justice! Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts!
  • Mark 4:39 : 39 So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,“Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.
  • Rev 6:2 : 2 So I looked, and here came a white horse! The one who rode it had a bow, and he was given a crown, and as a conqueror he rode out to conquer.
  • Rev 16:12 : 12 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates and dried up its water to prepare the way for the kings from the east.
  • Rev 19:11 : 11 The Son of God Goes to War Then I saw heaven opened and here came a white horse! The one riding it was called“Faithful” and“True,” and with justice he judges and goes to war.
  • Rev 19:14 : 14 The armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, were following him on white horses.
  • Nah 1:4 : 4 He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers.

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    14You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition.

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  • Hab 3:9-10
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    9Your bow is ready for action; you commission your arrows. Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface.

    10When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.

  • Hab 3:7
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    7I saw the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; the tent curtains of the land of Midian were shaking.

  • Hab 3:12
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    12You furiously stomp on the earth, you angrily trample down the nations.

  • Ps 77:16-19
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    16The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.

    17The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.

    18Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

    19You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.

  • Ps 114:5-6
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    5Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?

    6Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills?

  • Exod 15:7-9
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    7In the abundance of your majesty you have overthrown those who rise up against you. You sent forth your wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

    8By the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the flowing water stood upright like a heap, and the deep waters were solidified in the heart of the sea.

    9The enemy said,‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’

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    10Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?

  • Exod 15:19
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    19For the horses of Pharaoh came with his chariots and his footmen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.”

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    3The sea looked and fled; the Jordan River turned back.

  • Judg 5:22
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    22The horses’ hooves pounded the ground; the stallions galloped madly.

  • Deut 11:4
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    4or what he did to the army of Egypt, including their horses and chariots, when he made the waters of the Red Sea overwhelm them while they were pursuing you and he annihilated them.

  • Judg 5:4
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    4O LORD, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain.

  • Exod 14:26
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    26The LORD said to Moses,“Extend your hand toward the sea, so that the waters may flow back on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen!”

  • Nah 1:4
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    4He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers.

  • Isa 63:13
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    13who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running through the wilderness they did not stumble.

  • Job 39:19
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    19“Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?

  • Ps 74:15
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    15You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.

  • Ps 76:6
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    6At the sound of your battle cry, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse“fell asleep.”

  • Ps 93:3
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    3The waves roar, O LORD, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.

  • Jer 46:9
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    9Go ahead and charge into battle, you horsemen! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the soldiers march out into battle, those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields, and those from Lydia who are armed with the bow.

  • Ps 46:3
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    3when its waves crash and foam, and the mountains shake before the surging sea.(Selah)

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    23The Egyptians chased them and followed them into the middle of the sea– all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.

  • Ps 66:6
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    6He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. Let us rejoice in him there!

  • Ps 18:7
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    7The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.

  • Ps 74:13
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    13You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water.

  • Exod 15:1
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    1The Song of Triumph Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD. They said,“I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously, the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.

  • Isa 63:15
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    15Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion!

  • Jer 12:5
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    5The LORD answered,“If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?

  • Exod 15:21
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    21Miriam sang in response to them,“Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.”

  • Ps 18:15
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    15The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by your battle cry, LORD, by the powerful breath from your nose.

  • Neh 9:11
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    11You split the sea before them, and they crossed through the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into surging waters.

  • Nah 3:2
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    2Portrayal of the Destruction of Nineveh The chariot drivers will crack their whips; the chariot wheels will shake the ground; the chariot horses will gallop; the war chariots will bolt forward!

  • Ps 88:7
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    7Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah)

  • 2 Sam 22:8
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    8The earth heaved and shook; the foundations of the sky trembled. They heaved because he was angry.

  • Ps 29:3
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    3The LORD’s shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the LORD appears over the surging water.

  • Isa 43:16
    68%

    16This is what the LORD says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,

  • Ps 89:9
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    9You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them.

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    4The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he has thrown into the sea, and his chosen officers were drowned in the Red Sea.

  • Isa 64:3
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    3When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.

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    14This is why it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD,“Waheb in Suphah and the wadis, the Arnon

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    21Instead the LORD will rule there as our mighty king. Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; no war galley will enter; no large ships will sail through.