Habakkuk (KJV)
3 chapters · 56 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of Habakkuk
Habakkuk records the prophet's honest dialogue with God about injustice and the use of a wicked nation to judge Judah. It moves from perplexity to trust, declaring that the righteous will live by faith.
- Genre
- Prophecy (minor)
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to the prophet Habakkuk
- First audience
- Judah
How to read it: Read prophecy alongside the prophet's questions; follow the movement from honest lament to settled trust in God's justice and timing.
It opens: “The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.” (Habakkuk 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in Habakkuk
The verses of Habakkuk that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.