Habakkuk 2:14

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

Adopted from , with the difference that Isaiah's phrase, "the knowledge of the Lord," is, by the Holy Spirit in Habakkuk, expanded into "the knowledge of the glory of the Lord," Here the sense is, 'The Jews shall be restored, and the temple rebuilt, so that God's glory, in saving His people and punishing their Chaldean foe, shall be manifested throughout the world,' of which the Babylonian empire formed the greatest part; a type of the ultimate full manifestation of His glory in the final salvation of Israel and His Church, and the destruction of all their foes, and the setting up on earth of His world-wide and glorious kingdom ().

As the waters cover the sea - namely, the bottom of the sea-the sea bed.