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Habakkuk: An Expositional Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Why does a righteous and sovereign God tolerate wrongdoing? How are the divine attributes reconciled with the triumph of the godless? Why do the wicked prosper and rule over the righteous? Why does God raise up ruthless and impetuous nations to execute judgment on his own people? These are some of the questions that perplexed Habakkuk, challenged his faith, and caused him to question God’s...

of justice, not just because he complained about injustice, but because he proclaimed clearly, to the Babylonians as well as to the people of Judah, that man is a morally responsible being. One day he will give account to God, who will judge him according to what he has done. In this way divine justice will be vindicated and ‘the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD’ (2:14). God has no favourites. First he punishes the wicked people of Judah, then he raises up the Medes
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