unusual, if not unique, prophet in the Old Testament. We are given profound insight into the prayer life of the prophet and, in the process, his whole relationship with God becomes public. It is a moving and challenging experience. Habakkuk burned with zeal for God as much as, if not more than, with pain for the people. He poured out his heart to God in prayer, rather than (or before) pronouncing doom on the guilty. He was moved by the offensiveness to a holy God of people’s sins, not by any personal