This article is an exposition of Habakkuk 3:17-19. Habakkuk asked God to remove wickedness and injustice from a nation that professed to believe in the High and Holy One who inhabits eternity. He was told of God's purpose to chastise severely these wayward people. The rod with which the Lord would correct them would be a violent invasion by a cruel and bloodthirsty enemy. The aggressors would destroy the "land" that God had given Israel and would carry large portions of the Jewish population into captivity. 

This article is an exposition of Habakkuk 3:3-16. Chapter 3 of Habakkuk is the great temple prayer composed by the prophet in the backdrop of God's revelations to him in chapters 1 and 2. They predicted two great historic crises, one for Judah under attack from Babylon and one for Babylon in the day of her destruction. Habakkuk's prayer began with petitions in verses 1 and 2. He pleaded for believers in Israel: that God would grant them life, understanding and mercy in the midst of the critical years.

This article is an exposition of Habakkuk 3:1-2. Chapter 3 of this prophetic book contains the final recorded prayer of this man of God. No answer of Jehovah to this prayer is given. In effect, Habakkuk 3 is Jehovah’s answer to the two previous prayers. The answer is not spoken by the Lord, but the answer is worked into the heart and words of Habakkuk.