Habakkuk

I. The Man Habakkuk

A. Name means “Embrace” or “Ardent Embrace”

B. We do not know his hometown or occupation

II. The Date of Habakkuk

A. 612-606 B.C.

B. It seems that it was written before the first captives were taken in 605 BC

III. The Background

A. It was a time of great wickedness in Judah

B. After Josiah’s death, all of the kings were wicked ()

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IV. The Message

A. The justice of God

B. “The Just Shall Live By Faith” ()

V. The Book

A. Faith Grappling With A Problem (1)

First Problem: “How Long Shall I Cry, and You Will Not Hear?” (vv.2-11)

The Prophets Question and Lament (vv.2-4)

God’s Problem (vv.5-11)

Second Problem: Why Would God Use a Nation More Wicked Than Judah (vv.12-17)

B. Faith Grasping the Solution (2)

Will Wait for An Answer (v.1)

God’s Answer (vv.2-20)

General Principle: The Proud Will Be Punished and the Just Shall Live By Faith (vv.2-4)

Woes Upon the Chaldeans (vv.5-20)

Woe to Him Who Increases What is Not His (vv.6-8)

Woe to Him Who Covets Evil Gain for His House (vv.9-11)

Woe to Him Who Builds A Town With Bloodshed (vv.12-14)

Woe to Him Who Takes Advantages of Others (vv.15-17)

Woe Upon Idolatry (vv.18-20)

C. Faith Glorying in Assurance (3)

Petition for God’s Action and Mercy (vv.1-2)

Praise for God’s Past Deliverance (vv.3-15)

Hymn of Faith (vv.16-19)