The Judgment Foretold

Last time we looked at Habakkuk 1:1-5 and saw the prophet’s great sorrow at the poor state of the people of God who had fallen into terrible sins. We also saw the heavy burden that God gave Habakkuk to bear as a prophet called by God to pronounce a terrifying judgment upon his own people, his own countrymen and neighbors. Today we will look at that fearful judgment as it is recorded for us in the verses that follow in chapter one. Habakkuk was a man to whom the Lord gave a difficult burden to...