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# 📖 Habakkuk
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> [[#📖 Summary of Book]]
> [[#📚 Genre]]
> [[#🙋♂️ Who is the Author]]
> [[#⌛️ When Was it Written]]
> [[#🧭 Theme Verse]]
> [[#🧭 Major Themes]]
> [[#📅 Outline of Book]]
> **[[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]**
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]]
> [[#📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights]]
## 📖 Summary of Book
> The Book of Habakkuk records a dialogue between the prophet and God concerning the problem of evil and injustice. Habakkuk questions why God allows wickedness in Judah and later struggles with God’s plan to use Babylon as an instrument of judgment. God responds by revealing His sovereign purposes and calling His people to live by faith. The book concludes with a powerful prayer of trust and praise despite difficult circumstances.
#### 📚 Genre
- Prophetic Literature
- Minor Prophets
#### 🙋♂️ Who is the Author
- Habakkuk
#### ⌛️ When Was it Written
- Approximately 609–605 BC (just before the Babylonian invasion)
## 🧭 Theme Verse
>Habakkuk 2:4 (NET)
“Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.”
## 🧭 Major Themes
• Living by faith
• God’s sovereignty
• The problem of evil
• Trust in God
• Divine justice
• Patience and perseverance
• Righteousness
• God’s purposes in history
• Hope amid hardship
• Worship in suffering
## 📅 Outline of Book
- 1:1–4 — Habakkuk’s First Complaint
- Violence and injustice in Judah
- 1:5–11 — God’s First Response
- Babylon as instrument of judgment
- 1:12–2:1 — Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
- Questioning God’s methods
- 2:2–20 — God’s Second Response
- Vision of judgment
- Woes against the wicked
- 3:1–19 — Prayer and Praise
- God’s power
- Declaration of trust
## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes
- [[Habakkuk 01]]
- [[Habakkuk 02]]
- [[Habakkuk 03]]
## 🙏 Devotional Reflections
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## 📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights
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**Further Study**.
1. O. Palmer Robertson, The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (NICOT)
2. David W. Baker, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary)
3. F. F. Bruce, The Minor Prophets (Habakkuk section)
**Interesting Insights**.
1. Habakkuk speaks directly to God more than any other minor prophet.
2. The book is structured as a conversation.
3. Habakkuk 2:4 is quoted in Romans, Galatians, and Hebrews.
4. Chapter 3 is written as a psalm.
5. Habakkuk wrestles honestly with doubt.
6. The prophet acts as an intercessor.
7. Babylon is called the Chaldeans.
8. The book emphasizes faith over sight.
9. Habakkuk’s name may mean “embrace.”
10. The book ends with joyful trust despite loss.
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