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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Habakkuk
How long the Lord would put up with the evil of Judah?. Habakkuk, although a citizen of Judah, is weary of Judah's sins and injustice. He would like for God to judge Judah's sin.
**Remember that Israel and Judah are divided kingdoms at this point in History - sometime around 605 B.C.
He would not believe even if he was told.. In fact, God knew Habakkuk would not believe because the Lord's coming judgement was so harsh. It was a punishment that would almost wipe out the Kingdom of Judah.
Will God be silent while the wicked swallow up people more righteous than themselves?. While Habakkuk does not agree with the plans of the Lord he never loses faith in God. We see later in the book that his trust is still firmly planted in The Lord God of Judah.
| What form of profession (way of living) does God use as a metaphor to explain how Judah will be overtaken by the invaders? | The Book of Habakkuk
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Fishing - with nets and hooks. Being led into captivity is described in scripture as a line of people being led off to foreign lands with a hook in their mouths. The end of Chapter 1 tells of the invaders filling their nets, even dragnets, pulling Judah off with hooks.
| Who does God identify as the nation invading Judah? The King James Version identifies them as the Chaldeans. | The Book of Habakkuk
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The Babylonian Empire. The Babylonians are the invading nation that God uses to judge Judah.
Don't worry: Babylon will get what's coming in the end.. God tells Habakkuk that even though Babylon is worse than Judah He is only using them as a tool for punishment. God does not condone the Babylonians' actions. God tells Habakkuk, don't worry they are going to be judged too; even worse than you are. God doesn't mind when we have questions, he never tells us to take things like a man, or woman when we are hurting, and he never says that He doesn't have time for us.
| Habakkuk tells us that God is in His Holy Temple and therefore the earth should do something. What is it we should do? | The Book of Habakkuk
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Be silent before him. What's there to say? Sometimes in the Bible, God ask his followers to shut their mouths and let God work.
Faith. It is faith, plain and simple.
| The third and final chapter ends with Habakkuk speaking to God again. What is Habakkuk doing this time? | The Book of Habakkuk
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He is praying. Habakkuk gives one of the most beautiful and powerful prayers in the Bible.
| Habakkuk ask God to do something during his wrath against Judah. What does he ask God to do? | The Book of Habakkuk
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In wrath - remember mercy. Habakkuk ask God to remember his mercy when he brings his wrath upon Judah. Habakkuk politely reminds God of his mercy and basically says, be gentle where it is possible for you to do so during the coming judgement.
| Habakkuk demonstrates great faith in God even though it is recorded that the prophet is scared to death ("decay crept into my bones"). Following that though he says something remarkable. He says, "Yet, I will wait patiently for the day of __________? | The Book of Habakkuk
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Calamity. With God you can wait patiently for the day of calamity. When hard times come the prophet is saying, it's okay if we are scared, or if we don't quite understand what God is doing. He is saying, I serve a God who is bigger than financial and economic failure (3:17), bigger than my fear (3:16), and he is my strength and my joy (3:18-19). God is bigger than any trial we face. That is a key message in Habakkuk.
| Final Question. The book closes saying that God is Habakkuk's strength. He makes his feet "like the feet of a __________" enabling him "to go on the heights [to triumph]". What type of animal goes in the blank? Remember - NIV. | The Book of Habakkuk
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Deer . The King James Version says "Hind" and the NIV says "Deer" so both answers are acceptable.
| What does Habakkuk say the Lord has shown him in verse 1:3 (King James Version)? | Habakkuk
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iniquity. Habakkuk 1:3 "Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention."
Iniquities are wickedness or very bad things or sins. So God was showing Habakkuk the wickedness that was going on, and Habakkuk did not want to see it.
| How does Habakkuk describe the law in verse 1:4 (King James Version)? | Habakkuk
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slacked. Habakkuk 1:4 "Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth."
This law probably refers to the law in the city, not to God's Law.
| What does he say he raises up in verse 1:6 (King James Version)? | Habakkuk
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Chaldeans. Habakkuk 1:6 "For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs."
Chaldeans were the people from Chaldea. Today, Chaldea lies in Iraq.
| How shall the just live according to Habakkuk 2:4 (King James Version)? | Habakkuk
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by faith. Habakkuk 2:4 "Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith."
There is a Christian T-shirt that says the letters of FAITH stand for Forsaking All, I Trust Him. This explains what faith means to a Christian.
| What is the first "woe" mentioned? | Habakkuk
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to him that increases that which is not his. Habakkuk 2:6 "Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!"
Basically, this says that if you steal from another and then gain on that theft, eventually you will suffer.
| What does verse 2:20 (King James Version) say "all the earth should do before the Lord"? | Habakkuk
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keep silent. Habakkuk 2:20 "But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him."
This verse is saying that one can worship God by being silent and reflecting. Often people think that worship refers to only singing.
| How is Habakkuk feeling in verse 3:2 (King James Version)? | Habakkuk
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afraid. Habakkuk 3:2 "O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy."
Habakkuk is talking about how, though times are tough, one still has to praise the Lord.
| What stood still in verse 3:11 (King James Version)? | Habakkuk
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sun and moon. Habakkuk 3:11 "The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear."
Habakkuk is making a reference to the book of Joshua, to the moment when Joshua commanded the sun to stay still. (See the book of Joshua for this story).
| Which tree shall not blossom according to Habakkuk 3:17 (King James Version)? | Habakkuk
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fig tree. Habakkuk 3:17 "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls."
This verse is saying that when everything is going wrong, it is necessary to stop, and listen to God.
| What is the last word of Habakkuk in the King James Version? | Habakkuk
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instruments. Habakkuk 3:19 "The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments."
I hope you enjoyed this quiz. The next quiz will be on the book of Zephaniah.
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