Habakkuk 3:6 meaning and explanation

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

Habakkuk 3:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Habakkuk is praying, recalling God's mighty acts in Israel's history and asking him to act again. In verse 6 the prophet pictures the LORD as a towering figure who stands and "measured" the earth, as if taking its full dimensions in hand.

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