Book of Habakkuk

Minor Prophets

Traditionally Habakkuk

Traditionally dated c. 605 BC

Dialogue with God concerning evil and faith.

Habakkuk presents an honest conversation between the prophet and God regarding why wickedness goes unpunished, concluding in a song of deep trust and faith.

“For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.”

“Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.”

“Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,”

“GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights!”

“Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —”