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Habakkuk 3:10

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The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.

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Verse 10. Grieved. They seemed full of surprise, as in labour, (Heb.) and the abyss spoke in its manner, ( Calmet.) obeying thy voice, and letting the Israelites pass. Bible. Psalms 73:15 and 113:3. Numbers 21:13. Calmet.—“Earth, sea, and rocks quake at the sight of God.” Æschyl. Bible.—Septuagint are obscure, ( Calmet.) “Peoples shall behold thee, and grieve, (or be in labour: ωδινησουσι has both meanings. Saint Jerome) dividing the waters of the passage, the abyss,” and so forth Other cop. read, “Thou, Lord, wilt divide,” which Saint Jerome explains of heresies, which soon disappear. Bible.

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