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Habakkuk 3:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
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Role in This Section
This verse closes the approach scene with Cushan tents and Midian curtains trembling.
Read It With
- Habakkuk 3:3-7
Read Habakkuk 3:7 with 3:3-7. This verse closes the approach scene with Cushan tents and Midian curtains trembling. The full unit establishes this movement: In visionary prayer, God comes from the southern wilderness with hidden radiance and creation-shaking power; plague, mountains, and nations tremble before the Holy One.
Read Habakkuk 3:3–7 together
Why these verses belong together: Southern approach, radiance, plague, creation shaking, and trembling nations make one theophanic approach scene.
Verse 3. 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.
Verse 4. 4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Verse 5. 5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
Verse 6. 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.
Verse 7. 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Habakkuk 3:3-7, repository-pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Habakkuk
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