A common misinterpretation takes 'horns' literally as animal-like protrusions on God's hands, evoking pagan or demonic imagery rather than recognizing the Hebrew word's dual meaning of horn-shaped rays of light, as seen in depictions of divine glory like Moses' shining face; others might view it as a mere astronomical phenomenon or futuristic alien event, ignoring the prophetic context of God's triumphant intervention in history, or reduce it to a static description without connecting it to the surrounding themes of salvation and judgment.
Habakkuk 3:4
King James Version (1769)
4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Habakkuk 3:4 poetically portrays God's glorious appearance in a theophany, where his brightness radiates like sunlight, with 'horns' symbolizing rays of light emanating from his hands, the source from which his mighty power is both concealed and ready to burst forth, emphasizing divine majesty and unstoppable strength as he advances to deliver his people and judge the wicked within the prophet's visionary prayer.