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Names of the Book
English: | Habakkuk |
Hebrew: | הבקוּק |
Transliterated: | Havaquq |
Other names: |
Who
Wrote the book: | Habakkuk |
Are the key people: | Habakkuk, the Babylonians |
Is it written to: | The people of the southern kingdom of Judah |
What
Habakkuk's complaints (Habakkuk 1:1-2:20) |
Habakkuk's prayer (Habakkuk 3:1-19) |
When
Was it written: | c 626-588 BCE |
Did the events occur: | c 626-588 BCE |
Was it canonized: | c 499-100 BCE |
(see the Timeline of the Tanakh) |
Where
Was it written: | unknown |
Did the events occur: | the kingdom of Judah |
Why
Habakkuk was written to inform us that: |
Believers struggle and doubt. |
G-d is sovereign. |
In G-d there is Hope. |
Introduction
The book of Habakkuk continues the pattern of historical and prophetic writings by the latter prophets of Israel. Written soon before the fall of Assyria and the rise of Babylon, Habakkuk informs us that G-d is able to use any nation He desires to accomplish His purposes, even using a nation as wicked as Babylon to punish Assyria's own wickedness. Habakkuk tells us that, even in the midst of war and tumult "the righteous shall live by his faith".
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