Passage

Trembling while waiting

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹⁶I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.

Habakkuk 3:16World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The speaker describes his body and lips trembling and rottenness entering his bones as he waits for the day of trouble and invasion.

To understand

The next line names fig trees, vines, olives, fields and animals failing to provide food.

A question

Which parts of the body and which food supplies appear in the speaker’s description?