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Habakkuk 1:12

King James Version (KJV)

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Habakkuk 1:12

Verse 12 of 17

Scripture focus

[Art] thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

Habakkuk 1:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Habakkuk 1:12

Theological / Devotional

Art thou not? Habakkuk, speaking for his people, appeals to God for mercy that they do not perish (vs. 12-17). Looking beyond the forbidding prospects of the present, the prophet affirms, in faith, “We shall not die” (see PK 386). Judgment. Here used in the sense of “punishment.” Mighty God. Heb. Sur, “Rock” (see Deut. 32:31; 2 Sam. 22:3, 47). This title emphasizes the thought that God is a sure and unmoved support of His people. The final clause of the Hebrew text quoted in the Habakkuk Commentary of the Dead Sea scrolls (see p. 1047) reads, “O Rock as One chastising him hast Thou ordained him.”

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