Monday 2021.09.27
For my OT reading today, I continue with my ongoing reading of the Minor Prophets, covering all three chapters of the book of Habakkuk.
Habakkuk chapter 2 contains three well known verses which I have come across over the years.
The first is verse 4, a truth that is quoted in the New Testament, in Romans 1:17 and Galatians 3:11
Habakkuk 2:4 ESV
Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but the righteous shall live by his faith.
Romans 1:17 ESV
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Galatians 3:11 ESV
Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.”
The second is verse 14, where the prophet Habakkuk speaks against the unjust who build their cities by violence and sin, and prophesies that one day the earth will be filled with the glory of the knowledge of Yehovah. This verse is used in a popular song of worship.
Habakkuk 2:12 - 14 ESV
12“Woe to him who builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!
13Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts
that peoples labour merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
14For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea.
The third is verse 20, a verse that is found in the liturgy of worship in traditional churches, calling all who enter the sanctuary of God to be silent before His holy presence.
Habakkuk 2:19 - 20 ESV
19Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and there is no breath at all in it.
20But the LORD is in his holy temple;
let all the earth keep silence before him.”
