Habakkuk 3:15 (GNV)

Passage

Thou didest walke in the sea with thine horses vpon the heape of great waters.

Nearby Context

Habakkuk 3:13 Thou wentest foorth for the saluation of thy people, euen for saluation with thine Anointed: thou hast wounded the head of the house of the wicked, and discoueredst the foundations vnto the necke, Selah.

Habakkuk 3:14 Thou didest strike thorowe with his owne staues the heades of his villages: they came out as a whirle winde to scatter me: their reioycing was as to deuoure the poore secretly.

Habakkuk 3:15 Thou didest walke in the sea with thine horses vpon the heape of great waters.

Habakkuk 3:16 When I heard, my bellie trembled: my lippes shooke at the voyce: rottennesse entred into my bones, and I trembled in my selfe, that I might rest in the day of trouble: for whe he commeth vp vnto the people, he shall destroy them.

Habakkuk 3:17 For the figtree shall not flourish, neither shall fruite be in the vines: the labour of the oliue shall faile, and the fieldes shall yeelde no meate: the sheepe shalbe cut off from the folde, and there shalbe no bullocke in the stalles.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "didest", "walke", "thine", "horses", "vpon", "heape", and "great". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "didest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Thou didest strike thorowe with his owne..." into verse 16's "When I heard my bellie trembled my...", so "thou" and "didest" 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 "thou" and "didest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.