Habakkuk 2:20

2:20 But the Lord is in his majestic palace. ¹ 

The whole earth is speechless in his presence!” ² 

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¹ tn Or “holy temple.” The Lord’s heavenly palace, rather than the earthly temple, is probably in view here (see Ps 11:4; Mic 1:2-3). The Hebrew word ֹקדֶשׁ (qodesh, “holy”) here refers to the sovereign transcendence associated with his palace.

² tn Or “Be quiet before him, all the earth!”