Habakkuk 3:5

Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

Before {H6440} him went {H3212} the pestilence {H1698}, and burning coals {H7565} went forth {H3318} at his feet {H7272}.

Before him goes pestilence, and close behind, the plague.

Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.

Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 12:29 (9 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that [was] in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

  • Exodus 12:30 (9 votes)

    And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for [there was] not a house where [there was] not one dead.

  • Numbers 16:46 (7 votes)

    And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.

  • Numbers 16:49 (7 votes)

    Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.

  • Psalms 78:50 (5 votes)

    He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

  • Psalms 78:51 (5 votes)

    And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

  • Psalms 18:7 (5 votes)

    Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.