In Habakkuk 3:8–15 Habakkuk described God as being a warrior who fought against the Babylonians and a saviour who rescued his people from those Babylonians.
Since the Israelites were God’s special people, his concern was for their salvation; therefore, he acted against the Babylonians on their behalf. His action against them is depicted in the language of imagery displaying his wrath: like a raging river that is in flood. His anger against the Babylonians is mentioned twice to emphasize that he was displeased with them because of what they did to his people. In the past God used rivers and the sea as a means to rescue his people and lead them in the way that he had set before them. He parted the Red Sea to allow them to cross over and escape from the threat of the Egyptians who were pursuing after them. Likewise, he parted the waters of the Jordan River to allow them to cross over on dry ground to enter the Promised Land. God is also depicted as riding on horses and in a chariot which represented him as a conqueror coming to defeat the enemies of his people in order to save them.
8 Was your wrath against the rivers, O LORD? Was your anger against the rivers, or your indignation against the sea, when you rode on your horses, on your chariot of salvation?