book as a whole?14 The same phenomenon is found in Isa 1:1; 2:1; 13:1; 14:28; 15:1; 17:1; 21:1, 11, 13; 22:1; 23:1.15 Chapter 3 contains its own introduction, calling the chapter a prayer of Habakkuk. It is most probable that both Habakkuk and Isaiah intend the original superscription to cover the entire canonical book, the following superscriptions being limited to the section or chapter they introduce. Habakkuk’s message burdened the prophet, and it burdened the righteous in Judah. How could
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