Audience:
The People of Judah
Date:
About 605 BC
Theme:
Habakkuk expresses his perplexity that wickedness and oppression are rampant in Judah, yet God does nothing. After God speaks, Habakkuk responds with a confession of faith.
Key Verses:
"How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out, ‘Violence!’ but you do not save." - Habakkuk 1:2
"Look at the nations and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if I told you." - Habakkuk 1:5
"Oh, Lord are you not from everlasting? God, Holy One, we will not die.” - Habakkuk 1:12
"See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright—but the righteous will live by his faith." - Habakkuk 2:2-4
"The Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him." - Habakkuk 2:20
"Lord, I have heard of your fame; I am in awe of your deeds. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath be merciful.: - Habakkuk 3:2
"The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer. He enables me to go on the heights." - Habakkuk 3:19
(Click here to read the entire Book of Habakkuk)
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