Habakkuk 1 Exposition and Application to Believers Today
Habakkuk 1 opens with the prophet Habakkuk lamenting to God about the prevalence of wickedness and injustice in Judah [1]. He cries out, asking how long he must call for help before God listens, observing violence, iniquity, trouble, and oppression [1]. The prophet notes
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- Habakkuk (Baptist/Reformed) “John Gill on Habakkuk 1 (introduction): In this chapter, after the inscription, in which are the title of the book, the name and character of the writer, Hab 1:1, there is a complaint made by the prophet of his cry not being heard, and of salvation being deferred, which was long expected, Hab 1:2 and of the wickedness of the times he lived in; of iniquity and trouble, rapine and oppression, in general; and particularly of corruption in courts of judicature, in which there were nothing but strife and contention, a dilatoriness in proceedings at law, and justice was stopped and suppressed, Hab 1”