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The Book of Habakkuk, Chapter 2, Verse 20

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Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.
King James Version
But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
American Standard Version
But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
New English Translation
But the LORD is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!”
World English Bible
But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!"
1
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
2
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, [and] was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
3
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
4
And [his] brightness was as the light; he had horns [coming] out of his hand: and there [was] the hiding of his power.
5
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
6
He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways [are] everlasting.
7
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: [and] the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
8
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?
9
Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
10
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.