Old Testament
Habakkuk
Habakkuk brings his questions directly to God. He cannot understand why violence continues or why a ruthless nation will be used in judgement. The answers do not remove every difficulty, but they lead him towards faithful trust. His closing prayer chooses joy even when crops and herds fail.
Habakkuk 1
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- Habakkuk 1:2-3
LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save? Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
Discussed in: - Habakkuk 1:5-6
“Look amongst the nations, watch, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days which you will not believe though it is told you. For, behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation who march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
Discussed in: - Habakkuk 1:6
For, behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation who march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
Discussed in: - Habakkuk 1:13
You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
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Habakkuk 2
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- Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”
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Habakkuk 3
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- Habakkuk 3:17-18
For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
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For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! The LORD, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.
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