Habbakuk Homework

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What do we learn about Habakkuk’s calling in this superscription?

Habakkuk is a prophet.

How did Habakkuk receive this oracle from God?

In a vision.

• What does King Josiah vow in 2 Kings 23:3?

He pledged to obey the Lord by keeping all his commands, laws, and decrees with all his heart and soul.
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• In 2 Kings 23:4 we discover that idols—false gods—have been set up in God’s house, the temple. No one but the Lord God himself was supposed to be worshiped there. In verses 4–6 how does Josiah deal with these idols and with those who had allowed them in the temple?

The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel.  He did away with the idolatrous priests, who had been appointed by the previous kings of Judah, for they had offered sacrifices at the pagan shrines throughout Judah and even in the vicinity of Jerusalem

• What additional evil worship practice is exposed in 2 Kings 23:7?

He also tore down the living quarters of the male and female shrine prostitutes that were inside the Temple of the Lord

Habakkuk isn’t the only one in the Bible to be perplexed by the fact that God doesn’t always intervene to stop evil things from happening. Habakkuk’s question, “How long?” was asked by others too. What motivates the question in the following prayers:

• Psalm 6:1–3

for I am weak

• Psalm 13:1–2

forget me? anguish, sorrow

• Psalm 119:83–85

obey, wait

• Revelation 6:9–11

judge

God’s people ask him, “How long?” but there are times when God poses the same question to his people, often through his prophets—not because he doesn’t know the answer, but because he wants his people to examine their hearts. What does the “How long” question seek to expose in the passages below? The first one is especially in line with the situation in Habakkuk’s day.

• 1 Kings 18:21

refuse to obey the lord
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• Matthew 17:14–20

You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.
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Habakkuk first questions why God allows him to experience the ugly effects of sin. Since God loves righteousness and justice, where is his protection of his people in the midst of this moral collapse? Habakkuk is baffled about why God doesn’t shield him and other believers from this ugliness. How do the following passages help us make further sense of why God exposes his people to the outworking of evil?

• Psalm 71:17–21

You have allowed me to suffer much hardship,
but you will restore me to life again
and lift me up from the depths of the earth.
21 You will restore me to even greater honor
and comfort me once again.

• Luke 22:31–32

that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers

• Philippians 2:14–15

15 so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people

• 1 Peter 5:8–10

Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith,
In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So a

Habakkuk wonders why God allows wickedness to flourish, and people in our day ask the same question. Asking certainly isn’t wrong, but it matters tremendously how we go about looking for an answer. Some people search the Scriptures in order to better know God and his ways. That’s the right way. Others, sadly, don’t bother to seek God for answers. Instead, they simply assume that either God isn’t powerful enough to stop evil, or he just doesn’t care. Those who study the Bible gain insight into God—his character and his ways—and they find answers to many of their questions. What do we learn in Genesis 3:1–19 about why evil is allowed to wreak havoc on earth?

we must chose between to listen and follow God faithfully. Or there will be separation between us and God.

In verse 3 Habakkuk identifies specific ways that evil is flourishing all around him. What evil does he see?

evil deeds, misery, destruction and violence

What happens to justice when God’s law is forgotten, or, as Habakkuk puts it, “paralyzed”?

no justice and the wicked outnumber the righteous

What happens to justice as the wicked take over everyone and every place, infesting Judah at every level of society?

becomes perverted
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