Habakkuk: The just shall live by faith (8) Five woes against Babylon (1)
Rev. Ronald Hanko provides exegetical commentary on Habakkuk 2:5-20, examining God's pronouncement of judgment against Babylon for their pride, idolatry, and violence against God's people. The sermon illustrates how God's sovereignty and justice work together as He uses Babylon as an instrument of punishment while remaining perfectly just in condemning them for their sins, demonstrating the inseparable relationship between divine providence and moral accountability.
Habakkuk 2:5-20 We have seen that Habakkuk 2:5-20 is God's Word concerning the punishment of Babylon. God would use Babylon to punish Judah, but in perfect justice He would also punish Babylon for what they did to Judah and destroy them as they had destroyed His people. God would punish that cruel and hasty nation for their pride and boasting, just as He had once punished Assyria: "Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that...
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