Habakkuk

Chaldeans (S.IRAQ) Used to Punish Judah, about 600 BC / King Jehoiakim (c/o Marilyn Hickey Ministries)

Chapter 1 The (question) (A)pronouncement which Habakkuk the prophet saw:

2 (B)How long, LORD, have I called for help, And You do not hear? I cry out to You, “Violence!” Yet You do (C)not save. IT’S OK TO ASK QUESTIONS.

3 Why do You make me (D)see disaster, And make me look at destitution? Yes, (E)devastation and violence are before me; (F)Strife exists and contention arises.

4 Therefore the (G)Law [a]is ignored, And justice [b]is never upheld. For the wicked H)surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out (I)confused.

5 “(J)Look among the nations! Watch! Be horrified! (K)Be frightened speechless! For I am accomplishing (L)a work in your days—You would not believe it even if [c]you were told! THIS IS THE ANSWER TO VERSE 2’S QUESTION.

6 For behold, I am (M)raising up the Chaldeans, That [d]grim and impetuous people Who march [e]throughout the earth, To (N)take possession of dwelling places that are not theirs.

7 They are terrifying and (O)feared; Their (P)justice and [f]authority [g]originate with themselves.

8 Their (Q)horses are faster than leopards, And quicker than (R)wolves in the evening.

Their [h]horsemen charge along, Their [i]horsemen come from afar; They fly like an (S)eagle [j]swooping down to devour.

9 All of them come for violence. [k]Their horde of (T)faces moves forward. They gather captives like sand.

10 They (U)make fun of kings, And dignitaries are an object of laughter to them. They (V)laugh at every fortress, Then (W)heap up dirt and [l]capture it.

11 Then they fly along like the (X)wind and pass on. But they will be held (Y)guilty, They whose (Z)strength is their god.” THE FOLLOWING ARE THE 2ND QUESTIONS.

12 Are You not from (AA)time everlasting, LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. You, LORD, have (AB)appointed them to deliver judgment; And You, O (AC)Rock, have destined them to punish. GOD IS OUTSIDE OF TIME. JESUS IS THE ROCK SONG

13 Your eyes are too (AD)pure to look at evil, And You cannot look at harm favorably.

Why do You (AE)look favorably At those who deal (AF)treacherously? Why are You (AG)silent when the wicked (AH)swallow up Those more righteous than they? GOD IS PATIENT.

14 Why have You made people like the fish of the sea, Like crawling things that have no ruler over them? ?

15 The Chaldeans (AI)bring all of them up with a hook, (AJ)Drag them away with their net,

And gather them together in their fishing net. Therefore they rejoice and are joyful.

16 Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net And [m]burn incense to their fishing net,

Because through (AK)these things their [n]catch is [o]large, And their food is [p]plentiful.

17 Will they therefore empty their (AL)net, And continually (AM)slay nations without sparing?

Footnotes (c/o Biblegateway.com)

Habakkuk 1:4 Or is ineffective; lit turns cold

Habakkuk 1:4 Lit never goes forth

Habakkuk 1:5 Lit it

Habakkuk 1:6 Lit bitter

Habakkuk 1:6 Lit the breadth of

Habakkuk 1:7 Lit sovereignty

Habakkuk 1:7 Lit proceed from

Habakkuk 1:8 Or horses

Habakkuk 1:8 Or horses

Habakkuk 1:8 Lit hurrying to

Habakkuk 1:9 Lit The totality of

Habakkuk 1:10 Or overthrow

Habakkuk 1:16 Or sacrifice

Habakkuk 1:16 Lit portion

Habakkuk 1:16 Lit fat; or plentiful

Habakkuk 1:16 Lit fat

God Answers the Prophet, urging His people to wait and have patience.

Chapter 2 I will (A)stand at my guard post And station myself on the watchtower; And I will (B)keep watch to see (C)what He will say to me, And how I may reply [a]when I am reprimanded. WE NEED TO LISTEN TO GOD.

2 Then the LORD answered me and said, “(D)Write down the vision And inscribe it clearly on tablets, So that one who [b]reads it may run. THIS IS WHY WE’RE READING IT. THIS IS THE ANSWER TO THE SECOND QUESTIONS.

3 For the vision is yet for the (E)appointed time; It [c]hurries toward the goal and it will not [d]fail. Though it delays, (F)wait for it; For it will certainly come, it (G)will not delay long.

4 “Behold, as for the (H)impudent one, His soul is not right within him; But the (I)righteous one will live by his [e]faith. THE JUST WILL LIVE BY FAITH. Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, Hebrews 10:38. Martin Luther the Reformer wrote on this.

5 Furthermore, (J)wine betrays an (K)arrogant man, So that he does not (L)achieve his objective.

He (M)enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all the nations And collects to himself all the peoples. ABODE OF THE DEAD

6 “Will all of these not (N)take up a song of ridicule against him, Even a saying and insinuations against him And say, ‘(O)Woe to him who increases what is not his—