Habakkuk 2
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The Lord instructs Habakkuk to write the vision plainly upon tablets so that a runner might read it, promising that though the vision tarries, it will surely come and will not prove false—establishing that divine justice, though delayed from human perspective, is absolutely certain in God's purpose. The famous declaration
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I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
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God is faithful in every circumstance.. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. God is...
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And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
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There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, ...
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For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
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Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
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Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
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Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
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Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
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God is faithful in every circumstance.. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. God i...
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Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
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Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
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What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circu...
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Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
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For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
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Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
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Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
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We bring nothing; He provides everything.. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. I notice the repetiti...
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For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
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Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
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God is faithful in every circumstance.. When we read this alongside the surrounding chapters, the narrative arc becomes ...
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Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
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When we read this alongside the surrounding chapters, the narrative arc becomes clear: God is always working redemption,...
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For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
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What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
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Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
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The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. It implies covenant loyalty, steadf...
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But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
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