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1) God will bring justice to every kind of sin.
1) God will bring justice to every kind of sin.
Who do the Woes refer to?
Is it Babylon?
Is it Judah…
The text is not immediately clear
A) Woe to the Extortioner (2:6-8)
A) Woe to the Extortioner (2:6-8)
7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
B) Woe to the Greedy and Arrogant (2:9-11)
B) Woe to the Greedy and Arrogant (2:9-11)
C) Woe to Those Who Build on Bloodshed (2:12-14)
C) Woe to Those Who Build on Bloodshed (2:12-14)
Ps 127:7
1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
The New American Commentary: Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah 3. Woe to Those Who Build on Bloodshed (2:12–14)
All work not serving God’s purposes is futile work good only for the flames of history forgotten.
God’s purpose goes beyond simply punishing the wicked. God desires that all the world know him.
D) Woe to the Drunk and Violent (2:15-17)
D) Woe to the Drunk and Violent (2:15-17)
22 Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”
42 Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”
E) Woe to the Maker of an Idol (2:18-20)
E) Woe to the Maker of an Idol (2:18-20)
9 O Israel, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and their shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and their shield.
11 You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and their shield.
3 You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
People have often misplaced trust
riches
important people
military fortification
personal abilities
God will be glorified among all people.
God will be glorified among all people.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
God is seated in his holy temple.
God is seated in his holy temple.
For Habakkuk, the “temple” probably meant not only the temple in Jerusalem but also the heavenly sanctuary
2 Hear, you peoples, all of you;
pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it,
and let the Lord God be a witness against you,
the Lord from his holy temple.
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