“O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!”
O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you 'Violence!' and you will not save?—the opening lament presents theology's perennial tension: the apparent silence of God in the face of observable injustice. Habakkuk's doubled question ('how long' and the imperative cry) expresses the pathos of the righteous suffering alongside the unrighteous in a morally opaque world. This verse establishes the theodicy problem that drives the entire prophecy.
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Anna WestbrookNote1mo agoHow Long, O Lord
Habakkuk is complaining to God: how long will you let this injustice continue? I cry out and you don't answer. I see violence and you don't intervene. It's an honest lament - Habakkuk is frustrated wi...
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Tobias van der BergNote1mo agoThe armor of God - Habakkuk 1
This is one of those passages that reads differently in every season of life. We bring nothing; He provides everything. God is faithful in every circumstance. I think this is a call to trust beyond wh...
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