Habakkuk.
Why does the LORD use the wicked Babylonians to punish Judah? The prophet wrestles and ends in worship.
Who wrote Habakkuk?
Habakkuk.
Who was it written for?
Judah, struggling with the question of theodicy.
Structure
- Two complaints and two answers (1–2)
- A psalm of trust (3)
Key verses
Why Habakkuk matters
Habakkuk is the prophet who argues with God. "How long, O LORD?" he asks; God answers; he asks a harder question; God answers again. The book ends with one of the Bible's great expressions of faith in the absence of evidence: "Though the fig tree should not blossom… yet I will rejoice in the LORD." Paul quotes 2:4 ("the righteous shall live by his faith") three times in his epistles.
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