Habakkuk 3:12

"Thou didst march through the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger."

This verse is clearly a direct reference to the displacement of the kingdoms of Canaan in order for Israel to be settled in the land they formerly occupied, that being the most prominent example in all history of God "threshing the nations in anger."

God's anger at the apostasy and paganism of earthly nations must never be thought of, however, as pertinent solely to the example of Israel and the Canaanites. Such is still the attitude of the Creator toward his human creation; and the impact of this chapter is the promise that God will continue to do such things when the divine judgment views it as necessary to do so. "This is a general statement and is not to be confined to the successes of Joshua and the destruction of the Canaanites."