Habakkuk: The just shall live by faith (9) Five woes against Babylon (2)
Rev. Ronald Hanko provides exegetical commentary on Habakkuk 2:12-14, exploring the third woe against Babylon and its themes of divine judgment and God's eternal kingdom. The article traces the vanity of human accomplishments against the backdrop of God's sovereign purpose, demonstrating how Babylon's downfall prefigures the establishment of Christ's kingdom that will endure forever.
In the last article we looked at Habakkuk's third woe against Babylon (2:12-14) and saw that though Babylon was just coming to power and would soon dominate the nations, its might and conquests were all vanity: "Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?" All the labor of their conquests, their building projects, their political system were put forth in the middle of the fires that would destroy...
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