The Prophets · 5 stories
Stories
Habakkuk Questions God's Silence
Habakkuk cries out over unchecked violence and injustice, demanding to know why God stays silent, then stations himself to await a divine answer.
2 parts
God Raises Babylon
Yahweh answers Habakkuk by announcing he is raising up the fearsome Babylonians, whose unstoppable military might sweeps nations and kings away — yet whose guilt lies in crediting their own strength as god.
6 parts
Habakkuk Questions God's Justice
Habakkuk wrestles aloud with a God too holy to look on evil yet willing to use brutal Babylon as his instrument of judgment — then, painting the conqueror as a fisherman who hauls in helpless nations with hook and dragnet and worships his own net, he asks whether God will simply allow this slaughter of nation after nation to go on forever.
3 parts
Habakkuk's Vision From God
Habakkuk stands watch on the ramparts waiting for God's answer, and Yahweh responds with a cluster of declarations: he commands Habakkuk to inscribe the vision on tablets plainly enough for a passerby to read, promises it will arrive at its appointed time without fail, and contrasts the proud whose soul is puffed up with the righteous who will live by faith.
3 parts
Habakkuk's Prayer of Trust
Habakkuk moves from trembling awe before God's mighty works to resolute joy and worship, trusting God's salvation even amid coming devastation.
9 parts