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Habakkuk 2

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    Salvation (Physical) 8 Fear 4 Holy 4 Oath (Promise) 3 Majesty 2 Salvation 2 Anointed 2 Fear (State) Awe (State) Fear (Terror) Fear (Reverence) Fear (Awe) Fearful Respect Respect (Among People) Be Holy Holy (Pure) Holy Thing Most Holy Place Holiness Holy (Devout) Hallow Sanctuary Mischief Save (Help) Salvation (State) Save (Restore) Salvation (Deliverance) Salvation (Rescuer) Save (Rescue) Salvation (Means) Saving (Means) Oath Oath (NT) Arrow Anoint (Pour) Anoint (Assign) Anoint (Smear) Anointing (Act) Anoint (Rub On)

    Resources

    Habakkuk Book Overview Habakkuk (Person) Articles Shiggaion, Shigionoth Articles

    Habakkuk’s Prayer

    ⓘ Habakkuk’s prophecy concludes with a psalm-like prayer.

    Habakkuk’s prophecy concludes with a psalm-like prayer.

    1This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:†

    2O LORD, I have heard the report of You;I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds.Revive them in these years;make them known in these years.In Your wrath, remember mercy!
    ⓘ The prophet praises God’s power to save. These...

    The prophet praises God’s power to save. These two praise stanzas (3:3–7 and 3:8–15) are a poetic reflection upon Israel’s exodus experience. Although Habakkuk’s focus is upon God’s redemption of his people, his imagery occasionally reflects ideas found in ancient Near Eastern tales concerning the gods (e.g., pestilence and plague, 3:5; river and sea, 3:8; sun and moon, 3:11). This imagery reminds Habakkuk’s original readers that the Lord alone is the one true God who is sovereign over all these things.
    3God came from Teman,and the Holy One from Mount Paran.Selah†His glory covered the heavens,and His praise filled the earth.4His radiance was like the sunlight;rays flashed from His hand,where His power is hidden.
    ⓘ God is the divine warrior who intervenes on...

    God is the divine warrior who intervenes on behalf of his own (see 3:8–15; see also Isa 63:1–6).
    5Plague went before Him,and fever followed in His steps.6He stood and measured the earth;He looked and startled the nations;the ancient mountains crumbled;the perpetual hills collapsed.His ways are everlasting.
    7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress;the curtains of Midian were trembling.
    ⓘ The Lord is a divine warrior for his...

    The Lord is a divine warrior for his people, moving in redemptive power on their behalf. The motif of God as divine warrior spans both Old Testament and New Testament: It is seen in Israel’s exodus from Egypt, their movement to Mount Sinai (Exod 15:1–18), their approach to the Promised Land from the south, and their triumphs in the early conquest period (e.g., Judg 5:4–5; Pss 18:8–16; 77:16–20; a key New Testament example is Rev 19:11–21).
    8Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD?Was Your wrath against the streams?Did You rage against the seawhen You rode on Your horses,on Your chariots of salvation?
    ⓘ Only God controls the forces of the natural...

    Only God controls the forces of the natural world.
    9You brandished Your bow;You called for many arrows.SelahYou split the earth with rivers.10The mountains saw You and quaked;torrents of water swept by.The deep roared with its voiceand lifted its hands on high.11Sun and moon stood stillin their placesat the flash of Your flying arrows,at the brightness of Your shining spear.12You marched across the earth with fury;You threshed the nations in wrath.13You went forth for the salvation of Your people,to save Your anointed.You crushed the head of the house of the wickedand stripped him from head to toe.Selah14With his own spear You pierced his head,when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,gloating as though readyto secretly devour the weak.15You trampled the sea with Your horses,churning the great waters.
    16I heard and trembled within;my lips quivered at the sound.Decay entered my bones;I trembled where I stood.Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distressto come upon the people who invade us.

    Habakkuk Rejoices

    ⓘ After recounting God’s mighty acts of redemption (3:2–15),...
    • After recounting God’s mighty acts of redemption (3:2–15), and pausing to consider them (3:16), Habakkuk now reaffirms his trust in God as he closes his prayer.
    • Even though . . . yet I will rejoice: Even if God never pours out material blessing on his people again, he is still worthy of all the trust and praise they can give. Come what may, the prophet could rejoice, knowing that the Lord is not only Israel’s Redeemer, but also the source of his own salvation.
    17Though the fig tree does not budand no fruit is on the vines,though the olive crop failsand the fields produce no food,though the sheep are cut off from the foldand no cattle are in the stalls,18yet I will exult in the LORD;I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!19GOD the Lord is my strength;He makes my feet like those of a deer;He makes me walk upon the heights!