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Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah is unavailable, but you can change that!

These prophets were writing during the seventh and eighth century B.C.. The major prophetic themes of the destruction of Israel’s enemies, the judgment of God upon Israel when she turns from him, and the peace that would result from living in harmony with God, are all here. There are also Messianic and future prophetic themes, such as the eternal reign of a king from the line of David (Micah) and...

concluding subscription in verse 19) Habakkuk was not just using the psalms as a model for expressing his thought. He was composing a psalm for Israel to use in her worship. The introductory verse sets out the theme of the whole psalm. There are two parts. Firstly Habakkuk looks back to the way in which the LORD had in the past intervened powerfully on behalf of his people. Then, on that basis, he prays that the LORD intervene again on behalf of his people. This basic structure
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