Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
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Gill's Exposition
Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord,.... Be filled with fear, awe, and astonishment, at the wonderful work of God; the destruction of antichrist; the conversion of the Jews, and the calling of the…
Barnes' Notes
Be silent - Literally, “hush all flesh, before the Lord” (see at Hab 2:20, p. 207); man in his weakness Gen 6:3; 2Ch 32:8; Job 10:4; Psa 56:4; Psa 78:39; Isa 31:3; Jer 17:5, “flesh and blood” in the…
Adam Clarke
Be silent, O all flesh - Let all the nations of the world be astonished at this. God will arise, and deliver this ancient people, and bring them into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.
Here is, I. Joy proclaimed to the church of God, to the daughter of Zion, that had separated herself from the daughter of Babylon. The Jews that had returned were in distress and danger, their enemies…
Cambridge Bible
be silent Comp. Hab 2:20; Zep 1:7.
raised up waked up. R. V.
his holy habitation From heaven, "the habitation of His holiness" (Deu 26:15; Jer 25:30), where He had seemed to dwell, far off from the…
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