Habakkuk 3:10 - Exposition

The mountains saw thee, and they trembled; literally, were in pain, Septuagint, ὠδινήσουσι . The words point to the phenomena of an earthquake, as Sinai shook at the presence of the Lord ( Exodus 19:18 ; Psalms 114:6 ). So Virgil, ' AE n.,' 6:256—

" Sub pedibus mugire solum, et juga coepta moveri

Silvarum … Adventante des ."

For "mountains," the LXX . reads, "peoples" The overflowing of the water passed by ; the talent of water passed along. Cataracts of rain fell, as in the Deluge. "The windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake" ( Isaiah 24:18 ). Those who confine the reference to past events see here an intimation of the passage of the Jordan ( Joshua 3:15 , Joshua 3:16 ). The deep uttered his voice. The mass of waters in the ocean and under the earth rears mightily as it bursts forth ( Genesis 49:25 ; Deuteronomy 33:13 ). His hands. Its waves ( Psalms 98:8 ). Septuagint, ὕψος φαντασίας αὐτῆς , "the height of its form."