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The Minor Prophets speak the words of God during the most historically and theologically significant moments in Israel’s history. From warnings of destruction to words of hope during despair, from plagues and peril to promises of a Messiah, the Minor Prophets capture the full range of God’s relationship with Israel and Judah during a tumultuous and shifting history. In their commentary, Richard...

with that unholy instrument, but meanwhile the righteous person is to live a life of faith (2:4) and devotion (2:20), being mindful of God’s ultimate purposes (2:14). A theme woven in with Habakkuk’s spiritual quest is the necessity of prayer. Indeed, as Thompson (1993:53) points out, “It is surely significant that so much of the book of Habakkuk is expressed in the terms and language of prayer.… It is as if for this prophet the prophetical and woe oracles serve a somewhat subservient function to
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