Old Testament · Book 35 of 66
Habakkuk
A prophet in dialogue with God — two complaints, two answers, a psalm. ‘The just shall live by his faith’ — cited three times in the NT.
- 3Chapters
- DialogueForm
- Hab 2:4Cited in Rom / Gal / Heb
“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.”
Structure
- 1–2Two complaints, two answersWhy does God tolerate Judah's wickedness? He will use Babylon. But how can the LORD use a nation more wicked than Judah? The just shall live by his faith; Babylon too will fall.
- 3The prayer-psalmHabakkuk's prayer ‘upon Shigionoth’ — the theophany, and the closing vow: ‘yet I will rejoice in the LORD.’
Section pages
Each section is one focused part of Habakkuk — purpose, key movements, key verses, Christ-in-this-section. Roughly five minutes each.
Themes
The just by faith: ‘The just shall live by his faith’ (2:4) — quoted in Rom 1:17, Gal 3:11, Heb 10:38. The NT locus for justification by faith traces back here.
Theodicy as dialogue: Habakkuk's form is distinctive — the prophet questions, the LORD answers. A book about trusting what you do not yet understand.
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Featured studies in this book
The gold numeral is how many passages of Habakkuk each study touches — the brighter the border, the deeper it reaches here.
Where Habakkuk leads
893 cross-references flow out of its 3 heaviest chapters · 8 words are distinctively its own · 3 featured studies cite it.
Counted live from the reference floor (heaviest chapter pairs · tagged word floor · featured-page citations).