“The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.” Context Habakkuk was one of the minor prophets of the Old Testament. His book consists of a dialogue between the prophet and…

“O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!” Historical and Literary Context Habakkuk was…

“Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.” Context Let’s…

“Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.” This verse is a part of the…

“Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?” Habakkuk 1:17 (KJV) says: Historical and Contextual Background The book of Habakkuk is one of the…

“Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.” Historical…

“For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.” Historical…

“Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they…

“They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.” Context The book of Habakkuk is…

“And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.”…