Habakkuk 2:20 (DRB)

Passage

But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Nearby Context

Habakkuk 2:18 What doth the graven thing avail, because the maker thereof hath graven it, a molten, and a false image? because the forger thereof hath trusted in a thing of his own forging, to make dumb idols.

Habakkuk 2:19 Woe to him that saith to wood: Awake: to the dumb stone: Arise: can it teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold, and silver, and there is no spirit in the bowels thereof.

Habakkuk 2:20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "holy", "temple", "earth", "keep", "silence", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "holy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "Woe to him that saith to wood...", giving immediate footing for "lord" and "holy". In Habakkuk context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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