Genesis 36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. for so Teman signifies. The Prophet’s Prayer - A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth. Selah Clarify • Share • Report • Asked July 01 2013 • Anonymous (via GotQuestions) The prophet or the congregation depicts in a majestic theophany the coming of God to judge the world, and its effect symbolically on material nature, and properly on evil men. Habakkuk 3:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the middle of verse 9 and at the end of verse 13. So now, speaking of the new work in store, Habakkuk renews the imagery in the Song of Moses Deuteronomy 33:2, in Deborah's Song Judges 5:5, and in David; Psalm 68:7 but there the manifestation of His glory is spoken of wholly in time past, and Mount Sinai is named. Habakkuk 3:4. The whole creation is covered with its splendour. His glory covers the heavens, and the earth is full of His praise.” Jehovah reveals Himself from the south: i.e., from Mount Sinai, as in Deuteronomy 32, Judges 5, Psalms 68. Selah…. Selah. Habakkuk 3:3 "God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. On Shigionoth [some musical term]. Between Paran also and Edom or Teman was the gift of the Spirit to the seventy, which was the shadow of the day of Pentecost; there, was the brass serpent lifted up, the picture of the healing of the Cross . p. The Lord would revive his work among the people in the midst of the years of adversity. Habakkuk 3:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the middle of verse 9 and at the end of verse 13. Onomastic.) However, recently I've been trying to be more attentive to the details of meaning that the prophets are including by naming specific places and people; that is why I created the "geography" tag. 1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth. "Eloah comes from Teman, and the Holy One from the mountains of Paran. (d) Teman and Paran were near Sinai, where the Law was given: by which is signified that his deliverance was as present now as it was then. Jeremiah 49:7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? This is why He instructs him to write it down plainly so people will understand it and be encouraged by it—and thus run. Chapter 3 is Habakkuk's prayer of praise in the form of a poetic song. Amos 1:12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Habakkuk 3:4 and Deuteronomy 33:2 are among the most difficult cruces in the Hebrew Bible. What gives him the confidence to ask that of God? It is always placed at some pause of thought, even when not at the end of a strophe, or, as twice in this hymn , at the end of the verse. He who "shall come," is God , "the Holy One" (a proper name of gods) . And so he directs us to another Lawgiver, whom God should raise up like unto Moses Deuteronomy 18:15-18, yet with a law of life, and tells how He who spake the law, God, shall come in likeness of our flesh. All the powers of nature are … His glory covers the heavens, and the earth is full of His praise. Habakkuk 3:3, ESV: "God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran.Selah His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise." In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy. 3. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on Habakkuk 3:3-15. Gregory of Nyssa modifies this thought, supposing "Selah" to express a pause made by the writer, that "while the psalmody, with which David's prophesying was accompanied, went on in its course, another illumining of the Holy Spirit, and an addition to the gift according to knowledge, came for the benefit of those who received the prophecy, he, holding in his verse, gave time for his mind to receive the knowledge of the thought, which took place in him from the divine illumining. 14 You pierced with his own arrows the head # 3.14 Or leader of his warriors, # 3.14 Vg Compare Gk Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain. HABAKKUK 3:5. As Moses depicts the appearance of the Lord at Sinai as a light shining from Seir and Paran, so does Habakkuk also make the Holy One appears thence in His glory; but apart from other differences, he changes the preterite בּא (Jehovah came from Sinai) into the future יבוא, He will come, or comes, to indicate at the very outset that he is about to describe not a past, but a future revelation of the glory of the Lord. The word probably signified elevatio, from sâlâh equals sâlal, and was intended to indicate the strengthening of the musical accompaniment, by the introduction, as is supposed, of a blast from the trumpets blown by the priests, corresponding therefore to the musical forte. His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth. Exodus 24:15-17 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount…. His glory covered the heavens. Selah. And then, he led his people across the desert to get to the land of Canaan. He defines it to be "a sudden silence in the midst of the Psalmody for the reception of the illumining. Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular, Teman -- a northern district of Edom, also an Edomite chief, Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular, Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct, Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular, Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular, Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular, Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Habakkuk 3:3 God came from Teman the Holy One (Hab Hb). God shall come from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. (Read Habakkuk 3:3-15) God's people, when in distress, and ready to despair, seek help by considering the days of old, and the years of ancient times, and by pleading them with God in prayer. O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! (b) Theatrum Terrae Sanctae, p. 116. His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. The coming one is called Eloah (not Jehovah, as in Deuteronomy 33:2, and the imitation in Judges 5:4), a form of the name Elohim which only occurs in poetry in the earlier Hebrew writings, which we find for the first time in Deuteronomy 32:15, where it is used of God as the Creator of Israel, and which is also used here to designate God as the Lord and Governor of the whole world. 120ff., and Delitzsch on Psalm 3:1-8.) Rays of light flash from his hands, where his awesome power is hidden." Then the LORD answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. God took his people to Mount Sinai. He is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. (u) "sicuti olim ex Theman", Van Till. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. p. 585, 908. Habakkuk 3:3-15 The Coming of the Lord for Judgment and Redemption Habakkuk 3:16-19 The Effect Upon the Prophet GENE GETZ - Brief (5-15') pithy, practical videos by which present powerful principles for life application! Habakkuk 3:3. Habakkuk 3:19 The troubled times of life may actually be the “high places” of spiritual growth for the believer who remains stable when tested by God. Selah stands here in the middle of the verse. p. 431, 477, 908. "Paran" is the desert region, extending from the south of Judah to Sinai. (For further remarks, see Hvernick's Introduction to the Old Testament, iii. The resemblance between the Babylonish and Egyptian captivities, naturally presents itself to the mind, as well as the possibility of a like deliverance through the power of Jehovah. Habakkuk speaks of that coming as yet to be, and omits the express mention of Mount Sinai, which was the emblem of the law . Habakkuk appeals to God's glorious manifestations to His people at Sinai, as the ground for praying that God will "revive His work" (Hab 3:2) now. God sometimes draweth aside the doctrine, to satisfy some soul which the preacher knows not; and, sparingly used, it quickeneth attention. Habakkuk 3:13 - You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For the salvation of Your anointed. Isaiah 64:3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. 91. In Habakkuk, the contrast is the same as in Moses; only Tehran stands in place of Seir . His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise." Instead of Seir, the poetical name of the mountainous country of the Edomites, Teman, the southern district of Edomitish land, is used per synecdochen for Idumaea generally, as in Obadiah 1:9 and Amos 1:12 (see p. 168). 1. Selah. (t) "veniet", so some in Calvin, Van Till. Selah. Mount Paran was located in the Sinai Peninsula. God who guided, fed, protected them from the beginning, led them to the end. Deuteronomy 33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. Get Habakkuk 3:19 Bible Quote Images for you to share. (Habakkuk 3:3-5 ) With these words Habakkuk's … (w) Venit, Grotius; "veniet", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin, Gussetius. Habakkuk 3:13 Perhaps a reference to Pharaoh. Selah. 2 LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD. (3) God came.—Render “God shall come from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. Those who are made as the heavens by the indwelling of God He spiritually "covers," filling them with the light of glory and splendor of grace and brightness of wisdom, as it saith, "Is there any number of His armies, and upon whom doth not His light arise? His splendour covers the sky, and the earth is full of His glory. So Hillerus (d) interprets it, "full of boughs", or "branches"; or else he would have it to signify "the corner of Aran", the son of Dishan, a son of Seir the Horite, who inhabited this country; see Genesis 36:20 and both Teman and Paran being to the south, may point to the place of the Redeemer, by whom the great work was to be done, referred unto. Habakkuk 3:19 Meaning and Translation from other Bible Versions from NIV, KJV, ESV, NST, and many more. What does this verse really mean? p. 123. You struck the head of the house of the evil To lay him open from thigh to neck. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. 5. Perfect in Holiness, as God, the Son of God, and as Man also all-holy, with a human will, always exactly accompanying the Divine Will, which was: On this there follows a pause denoted by "Selah" (which occurs thrice according to the mystery of that number,) that the soul may dwell on the greatness of the majesty and mercy of God. The two localities lie opposite to one another, and are only separated by the Arabah (or deep valley of the Ghor). His glory covers the heavens, and the earth is full of His praise." It is interpreted, by several of the Jewish writers, "for ever", as by the aforementioned Hebrew; and by others as an affirmation, and render it, "verily, truly", as answering to "Amen". Urbin. Psalm 3:2,4 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Habakkuk's Prayer. Exodus 20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. Habakkuk’s personal plea (Hab 3:2) is followed by a magnificent description of the Lord’s coming using third person forms (Hab 3:3-6). This may be applied to every season when the church, or believers, suffer under afflictions and trials. It implies a change of the modulation. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. Habakkuk 3:3-15 The Coming of the Lord for Judgment and Redemption; Habakkuk 3:16-19 The Effect Upon the Prophet; GENE GETZ - Brief (5-15') pithy, practical videos by which present powerful principles for life application! As Eloah and Qâdōsh are names of one God; so "from Teman" and "from the mountain of Paran" are expressions denoting, not two starting-points, but simply two localities of one single starting-point for His appearance, like Seir and the mountains of Paran in Deuteronomy 33:2. iv. 2 O Lord, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O Lord, do I fear. (d) Ut supra, (Hiller. Ohel Moed, fol. F. G. (a) De Bello Jud. Habakkuk 3:3 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Habakkuk 3:3, NIV: "God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran.His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth." "O Lord, I have heard thy speech" (touching Israel’s captivity, Habakkuk 3:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the middle of verse 9 and at the end of verse 13. Selah. earth … full of his praise—that is, of His glories which were calculated to call forth universal praise; the parallelism to "glory" proves this to be the sense. 2. It is easy to skim through the prophets, brushing by all the unfamiliar proper nouns. 33:2, for example.] God came from Teman, The Holy One from Mount Paran. Psalm 9:16,20 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. It is a vision of the advent of an unfathomably holy Lord, who will not be domesticated to human expectations! Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps. God took his people to Mount Sinai. What does this verse really mean? Franklin told them to just look in Habakkuk chapter 3. (19) Knowing God’s strength, Habakkuk can trust God for strength. The southern country is here designated as “Teman,” i.e., Edom to the S.E., and “Paran,” the mountainous region to the S.W., between Edom and Egypt. who came like a whirlwind to scatter us, # 3.14 Heb me. It comes from a root to "rest" or "pause" [Gesenius]; implying a cessation of the chant, during an instrumental interlude. Selah. In Psalm 68 the mention of Edom is dropped; and the march through the wilderness under the leading of God, is alone mentioned, together with the shaking of Sinai. # 3.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain Selah. What does this verse really mean? Nor are they our material heavens, much less this lowest heaven over our earth nor is "His glory" any of God, which rules, encompasses, fills, penetrates the orbs of heaven and all its inhabitants, and yet is not enclosed nor bounded thereby. God appeared in his glory. Grammatically considered, תּהלּתו is the accusative governed by מלאה, and הארץ is the subject. Habakkuk 3:4, NLT: "His coming is as brilliant as the sunrise. gloating as if ready to devour the poor who were in hiding. Jehovah reveals Himself from the south: i.e., from Mount Sinai, as in Deuteronomy 32, Judges 5, Psalms 68. Habakkuk 3: 3-15 THE prophet Habakkuk had humbled himself under the mighty hand of God in the acceptance of God's revelation that Israel was going to experience God's judgement, and be carried off into Babylon as exiles. That speech of thine, Habakkuk 3:3, whereunto the prophet now returneth, after a long digression for the people’s support and comfort. A Prayer of Habakkuk This is a prayer of the prophet Habakkuk:#.1 Hebrew has an additional phrase, the meaning of which is unclear. Theman and Mount Paran are named probably, as the two opposed boundaries of the journeyings of Israel through the desert. Cross references: Habakkuk 3:1 : Ps 7 Title When he read Habakkuk 3:17-19, his listeners received it with praise and admiration – “What a magnificent poem!” they said, and wanted to know where they could get copies. Heaven and earth reflect the glory of the coming one. Mount Paran (he says (c)) is thick and shady, near to Mount Sinai, and even "contiguous", as it should seem to be from Deuteronomy 33:2 to which the reference is here. What does Habakkuk ask for? Seir, Sinai, and Paran are adjacent to one another, and are hence associated together, in respect to God's giving of the law (De 33:2). Theolog. They came to Mount Sinai through the valley, now called Wady Feiran or Paran; Edom was the bound of their wanderings to their promised land Numbers 20:14-20; Deuteronomy 2. Cross references Habakkuk 3:2 : S Job 26:14; Ps 44:1 Jerom says he heard a Hebrew man discourse on this passage, thus, "that Bethlehem lies to the south, where the Lord and Saviour was born: and that he it is of whom it is here said, "the Lord shall come from the south"; that is, shall be born in Bethlehem, and thence arise; and because he who is born in Bethlehem formerly gave the law on Mount Sinai, he is "the Holy One" that came from "Mount Paran"; seeing Paran is a place near to Mount Sinai; and the word "Selah" signifies "always"; and the sense is, he who is born in Bethlehem, and who on Mount Sinai, that is, on Mount Paran, gave the law, always is the author and giver of all blessings, past, present, and to come.''. Selah—a musical sign, put at the close of sections and strophes, always at the end of a verse, except thrice; namely, here, and Hab 3:9, and Ps 55:19; 57:3, where, however, it closes the hemistich. His glory covers the heavens, and the earth is full of His praise. Psalm 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. The LORD God is my strength; הודו, His splendour or majesty, spreads over the whole heaven, and His glory over the earth. Selah - There is no doubt as to the general purport of the word, that it is a musical direction, that there should be a pause, the music probably continuing alone, while the mind rested upon the thought, which had just been presented to it; our "interlude" . ESV - 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. The word Selâh does not form part of the subject-matter of the text, but shows that the music strikes in here when the song is used in the temple, taking up the lofty thought that God is coming, and carrying it out in a manner befitting the majestic appearance, in the prospect of the speedy help of the Lord. Philolog. For He is the same God now as ever. Habakkuk 3:1-19 Habakkuk Praises God 1. 6290 Selà סֶלָה. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. What is the central theme, or key word, in these two verses? (c) Ibid. The prophet, to encourage his own faith, and the faith of others, takes notice, in this and the following verses, of the instances of the grace, goodness, and power of God to his people Israel, in appearing to them at Mount Sinai, going before them in the wilderness, destroying their enemies, casting them out before them, and introducing them into the land of Canaan, and settling them there; suggesting, that he that had done these great and wonderful things would support and maintain, carry on and promote, his own kingdom and interest in the world; in order to which the prophet prays to God the Father for the coming of his Son, either in the flesh, that the incarnate God would appear in the world, and set up his kingdom in it; or, in prayer, he prophesies of it, and expresses his faith in it: "God cometh from the south"; or, "he shall come" (w), as it may be rendered: he knew, from the prophecy of Micah, that he that was to be ruler in Israel was to come from Bethlehem, Micah 5:2 which lay to the south of Jerusalem; and from hence he expected him, and believed he would come, and prayed for it as being most desirable and welcome: or else this respects the coming of the Messiah, in the ministration of the word to Jews and Gentiles, after his resurrection from the dead, and ascension to heaven, and the pouring forth of his Spirit on the day of Pentecost; that as the Lord came from the places here mentioned, when he gave the law on Mount Sinai, so he would send forth his Gospel out of Zion and Jerusalem, and go forth himself along with it, riding in his glory, and in his majesty, conquering and to conquer; causing his ministers to triumph in him, and by them subdue multitudes of souls to him, both in Judea, and in the Gentile world, whereby his kingdom might appear in it: and the Holy One from Mount Paran; or, "even the Holy One" (x); that came or shined forth "from Mount Paran" formerly; for it was Christ then that appeared on Mount Sinai, and gave to Moses the lively oracles of God; see Psalm 68:17 he, as he is truly God, God manifest in the flesh, "Immanuel", God with us; so he is the holy One of God, infinitely and essentially holy, as a divine Person; and holy, and harmless, and without sin in his human nature and life; and is the sanctifier and sanctification of his people. Tehillâh does not mean the praise of the earth, i.e., of its inhabitants, where (Chald., Ab. TL;DR - God has revealed/will reveal Himself from the south, and this revelation will fill the world with His glory. From Teman - "God shall come," as He came of old, clothed with majesty and power; but it was not mere power. Selah His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of His praise. 3:3 élôªh mi Tëymän yävô w' qädôsh më har-Pärän šeläh KiŠäh shämayim hôd ô û t'hiLät ô mäl'äh hä äretz 3:3 ´Élôåh אֱלוֹהַ 433 came 935 z8799 from Têmän תֵּימָן, 8487 x4480 and the Holy One 6918 from mount 2022 x4480 Pä´rän פָּארָן. 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. God shall come from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Digressions in Divine discourses are not always and absolutely unlawful. It is called by Ptolemy, Pomponius Mela, and others, Strobilus, from its likeness to a pineapple. Some understand it as a pause or full stop, denoting attention to something said that is remarkable; and others take it to be a note, directing the singer to the elevation of his voice, where it stands; and so it is no other than a musical note; hence the Septuagint render it A very learned man (e) has wrote a dissertation upon it, showing that it is one of the names of God; and used differently, as the sense requires, either in the vocative case, as "Selah", that is, O God; or in the other cases, of God, to God, &c.: his glory covered the heavens; that is, the glory of God, the Holy One, when he came, or should come: this was true of him when he descended on Mount Sinai, and his glory abode upon it; and the sight of his glory was like devouring fire; and the elders saw the God of Israel, under whose feet was as a paved work of sapphire, and as the body of heaven in its clearness; yea, so great as to make the light and glory of the celestial bodies useless, even to cover and hide the shining of them; see Exodus 24:10 and may respect the glorious appearances at the birth of Christ, when the heavenly host descended, and sung Glory to God in the highest, and when the glory of the Lord shone round about the shepherds, Luke 2:9 and at his baptism, when the heavens were opened, the Father's voice was heard, and the Spirit descended on Christ, as a dove; and at his transfiguration, when his face shone as the sun; and Moses and Elias appeared in glorious forms, and a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice was heard from the excellent Glory, Matthew 3:16 or rather it may be, this may respect Christ as the brightness of his Father's glory, and the glory of God in the face of Christ, as set forth in the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, when carried throughout the world by his apostles; whereby his glory was so spread in it, that the heavens were covered with it, and declared it; yea, it was set above the heavens, and the name of the Lord became excellent in all the earth, as follows; see Psalm 19:1. and the earth was full of his praise; with the words of his praise, as the Targum; so the fame of the mighty things done by the Lord in Egypt, at the Red sea, and in the wilderness, for his people, reached the nations of the world, and especially those of the land of Canaan, and struck them with awe and dread, Joshua 2:9 and the fame of Christ, his miracles and doctrines, went through the land of Israel, and all Syria; and multitudes glorified God, and praised him for what was done by him, Matthew 4:23 and more especially the earth was filled with his glory and praise when his Gospel was carried into all the parts of it by his apostles; which occasioned universal joy to all sensible sinners, and filled their hearts and mouths with praise to God for such a Saviour, and for such blessings of grace and good things that came by him: or, "the earth was full of his light" (f); of the light of his Gospel, and of the knowledge of himself by it. His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden. “Teman … Mount Paran”: Teman, named after a grandson of Esau, was an Edomite city (Amos 1:12; Obadiah 9). If Mount Paran is near Kadesh, then Moses in the opening of his song describes the glory of God as manifested from that first revelation of His Law on Mount Sinai; then in that long period of Israel's waiting there to its final departure for the promised land, when Mount Hor was consecrated and God's awful Holiness declared in the death of Aaron. Higgaion. Eloah, however, comes as the Holy One (qâdōsh), who cannot tolerate sin (Habakkuk 1:13), and who will judge the world and destroy the sinners (Habakkuk 3:12-14). In verses 7 through 15, Habakkuk goes through a very detailed explanation of remembering times when God displayed his glory and power. … His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. Job 25:3 and so the earth was full of His praise," i. e., the Church militant spread throughout the world, as in the Psalm Psa 112:3, "The Lord's name is praised from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same, and, Psalm 8:1, O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth, who hast set Thy glory above the heavens.". 4. The solemn pause here prepares the mind for contemplating the glorious description of Jehovah's manifestation which follows. on StudyLight.org The mountains of Paran are not the Et-Tih mountains, which bounded the desert of Paran towards the south, but the high mountain-land which formed the eastern half of that desert, and the northern portion of which is now called, after its present inhabitants, the mountains of the Azazimeh (see comm. Habakkuk 3:3-6 - Understand the meaning of Habakkuk 3:3-6 with Christian Bible study, teaching, sermons, and commentary search on hokma.com. It may seem that way, but ultimately, the vision is encouraging, hopeful, and glorious. And when it does come, it is terrifying (see 3:3-16). par. A change back to the first person signals the end of the description and transitions to the next section of the psalm (Hab 3:7). is counsel perished from the prudent? Habakkuk didn’t just practice positive thinking and shut out the idea of the barren fig tree and the empty cattle stalls. הודו, His splendour or majesty, spreads over the whole heaven, and His glory over the earth. In Habakkuk 3:3 the glory of the coming of God is depicted with reference to its extent, and in Habakkuk 3:4 with reference to its intensive power. Now that God has answered Habakkuk, the prophet brings a prayer to close the book. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. Selah. The meaning must be left undetermined, though it must be added that it is always found at the end of a verse or hemistich, where there is a pause or break in the thought, or, as some say, some strongly accented words occur. Habakkuk 3:3 Located in the Sinai peninsula. ", His Glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise - This is plainly no created glory, but anticipates the Angelic Hymn Luke 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men," or, as the Seraphim sing first glory to God in Heaven Isaiah 6:3, "Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God of Sabaoth," and then, the whole earth is full of His glory; and Uncreated Wisdom saith (Ecclesiasticus 24:5), "I alone compassed the circuit of Heaven, and walked in the bottom of the deep."