Habakkuk 3:8 meaning and explanation

Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?

Habakkuk 3:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Habakkuk is praying in chapter 3, recalling God's mighty acts in Israel's history and asking him to act again. The questions in verse 8 are rhetorical: God's anger was not against rivers or sea but against the powers that opposed his people.

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