Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith—the contrast between the wicked (puffed up, spiritually crooked) and the righteous (living by faith) establishes faith as the essential response to unresolved theodicy. The declaration that the righteous 'shall live by faith' articulates the central theological resolution: righteousness consists not in understanding God's ways but in trusting God despite apparent injustice. This verse becomes the hermeneutical key to the entire prophecy and stands among Scripture's most consequential statements, shaping Christian soteriology.

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