3
Chapters
56
Verses
Habakkuk
Author
609-598 BC
Date Written
Habakkuk wrestles with why God allows evil, learning to trust God's sovereign justice and live by faith.
To address the problem of evil and call believers to trust God even when His ways are mysterious.
Written as Babylon rose to power and threatened Judah.
Hebrew
הבקוּק
Havaquq
“Embracer”
Greek
Ἀμβακούμ Ηʹ
VIII. Ambakoum
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Why tolerate evil?
Why use Babylon?
Faith in God
“The just shall live by his faith.”
“The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD.”
“Yet I will rejoice in the LORD.”
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