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Habakkuk
Title:
1. Hebrew -
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2. Greek -
Ambakouk
3. Latin -
Abacuc
Author:
Habakkuk
Date of Writing:
607 BC
Theme:
Trusting God in the Hard Times
Habakkuk 1:3-4 Why dost Thou make me
see iniquity, And cause me to look on
wickedness? Yes, destruction and violence
are before me; Strife exists and contention
arises. 4 Therefore, the law is ignored And
justice is never upheld. For the wicked
surround the righteous; Therefore, justice
comes out perverted.
Habakkuk 1:13 Thine eyes are
too pure to approve evil, And
Thou
canst not1:6look
Habakkuk
Foron
behold, I am
wickedness
withChaldeans,
favor. WhyThat
dost
raising up the
Thou
look
favor Onpeople
those
fierce
andwith
impetuous
who
deal
treacherously?
Who
march
throughoutWhy
the art
Thou
silent
when
the wicked
earth
To seize
dwelling
places
swallow
up Those
more righteous
which are
not theirs.
than they?
A Tale of Two Cities . . . .
Babylon or Israel?
Habakkuk 2:4-5 Behold, as for the
proud one, His soul is not right within
him; But the righteous will live by his
faith. 5 Furthermore, wine betrays the
haughty man, So that he does not stay
at home. He enlarges his appetite like
Sheol, And he is like death, never
satisfied. He also gathers to himself all
nations And collects to himself all
peoples.
Habakkuk 2:7-10 Will not your creditors rise
up suddenly, And those who collect from you
awaken? Indeed, you will become plunder for
them. 8 Because you have looted many
nations, All the remainder of the peoples will
loot you-- Because of human bloodshed and
violence done to the land, To the town and all
its inhabitants. 9 Woe to him who gets evil
gain for his house To put his nest on high To
be delivered from the hand of calamity! 10
You have devised a shameful thing for your
house By cutting off many peoples; So you are
sinning against yourself.
Purpose of Writing:
Habakkuk wrote to expose the sinfulness
of the people of Israel. He reminded
them of God’s judgment and compared
them to a nation which they would all
have recognized as being horribly wicked:
the nation of Babylon. In the midst of
the wickedness of the people of Israel
though, Habakkuk is reminded that the
responsibility of the godly will always
remain the same: to live by faith (2:4).
Christ in Habakkuk:
1. Justification by Faith
2. Evangelization of the World
Justification by Faith:
Martin Luther
Habakkuk 2:4 But the righteous
will live by his faith.
Romans 1:17 For therein is the righteousness
of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is
written, The just shall live by faith.
Evangelization of the World:
Habakkuk 2:14 For the earth will be
filled With the knowledge of the glory
of the LORD, As the waters cover the
sea.
Place in the Canon:
Historically, Habakkuk gives us an insight into the
spiritual state of the nation of Judah right before
the fall to Babylon.
Theologically, we are led to the dual realizations that
all sin is worthy of righteous punishment by God
and that the only escape from such punishment is
faith in God’s eternal grace and goodness.
Devotionally, Habakkuk teaches us to trust in God,
especially in the midst of the trials of this life.
Habakkuk 3:16-19 I heard and my inward parts
trembled, At the sound my lips quivered. Decay
enters my bones, And in my place I tremble.
Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress,
For the people to arise who will invade us. 17
Though the fig tree should not blossom, And there
be no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the
olive should fail, And the fields produce no food,
Though the flock should be cut off from the fold,
And there be no cattle in the stalls, 18 Yet I will
exult in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my
salvation. 19 The Lord God is my strength, And He
has made my feet like hinds' feet, And makes me
walk on my high places.