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Habakkuk highlights the injustice that arises from God’s decision to allow evil to oppress the righteous. The revelation though God’s divine punishment and unforeseen promise ensured an everlasting faithfulness and trust between Yahweh and the people of Judah. The recollection and trust embodied in Habakkuk’s prayer allows for a remembrance of God’s covenant and faithfulness for his people. Habakkuk’s prayer questions God’s decision of succumbing the righteous to evil. The unforeseen plan set by God examines the faithfulness of the people as they rely only on their trust in God’s promise of delivering justice to their oppressors. Habakkuk express concern for Yahweh’s faithfulness towards the righteous whereas Yahweh attempts to distinguish …show more content…

These recurring words in the biblical text correlates with the theme of God’s everlasting faithfulness and the people’s unbounded trust for God. Habakkuk’s usage of the word “wicked” describes the evil that opposes Judah and the people of Jerusalem. Whereas, the word “righteous ”is used to describe the innocent people following Yahweh. The injustice against the righteous is highlighted through Habakkuk’s complaint of God favoring evil. However, God does not betray the righteous, rather he allowed the foreign evil to wipe out his sinned followers ( “Habakkuk,” ZHB, 503). Justice is the universal word that connects Habakkuk’s concern for the struggling righteous to the undeserving evil. Habakkuk’s prayer revolves around justice and it interpretes that justice is not being served to the right people (Haak,”EDB,” 536). The adversity given by God allowed those who truly had trust and faith in his words to be …show more content…

Nebuchadnezzar, King of the Babylonians eventually conquers Judah and begins to destroy the city and harass the people though exile and heavy taxation (Sweeney,”Habakkuk,” HBC, 739). God had granted the Babylonian Empire the ability to conquer and punish the people of Judah (Matthews, “Habakkuk,” ZIBBC, 167). Yahweh had already decided that Jerusalem would fall into the hands of the Babylonian Empire, therefore the cries of Prophet Habakkuk would not change Jereukusm’s faith. Habakkuk highlights the injustice and suffering of the people and calls God for answers. Yahweh tells Habakkuk that the Babylonians were chosen to extinguish them and that one day the people who remained faithful would gain their justice (Sweeney, “Habakkuk,” HBC, 740). Habakkuk’s prayer embodies God’s faithfulness as Yahweh always free his people from the suffering given from his

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