Habakkuk 3:3 (DBY)

Passage

God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covereth the heavens, And the earth is full of his praise.

Nearby Context

Habakkuk 3:1 A Prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

Habakkuk 3:2 Jehovah, I heard the report of thee, [and] I feared. Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make [it] known: In wrath remember mercy!

Habakkuk 3:3 God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covereth the heavens, And the earth is full of his praise.

Habakkuk 3:4 And [his] brightness was as the light; Rays [came forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

Habakkuk 3:5 Before him went the pestilence, And a burning flame went forth at his feet.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "teman", "holy", "mount", "paran", "selah", "glory", and "covereth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "teman", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Jehovah I heard the report of thee..." into verse 4's "And his brightness was as the light...", so "came" and "teman" belong inside that flow. In Habakkuk context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "came" and "teman" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.