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THE BOOK OF HABAKKUK

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The Book of Habakkuk
- Bible dictionary explanations of this book of the Bible at http://www.bibletexts.com/glossary/hab.htm.
- Topical index of other resources for this book of the Bible at http://www.bibletexts.com/topical.htm#hab.

Chapter 1

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Chapter 2

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Hab 2:5 - a/r: HELL, Hebrew: Sheol
Hab 2:10 - a/r: CONSULTED or: counseled
Hab 2:18 - a/r: WHAT PROFITETH THE GRAVEN IMAGE THAT THE MAKER THEREOF HATH GRAVEN IT; THE MOLTEN IMAGE, AND A TEACHER OF LIES, THAT THE MAKER OF HIS WORK TRUSTETH THEREIN, TO MAKE DUMB IDOLS? or: What use is an idol once its maker has shaped it -- a cast image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in what has been made, though the product is only an idol that cannot speak! {NRSV)
Hab 2:18

Hab 2:19 - a/r: WOE UNTO HIM THAT SAITH TO THE WOOD, AWAKE; TO THE DUMB STONE, ARISE, IT SHALL TEACH! BEHOLD, IT IS LAID OVER WITH GOLD AND SILVER, AND THERE IS NO BREATH AT ALL IN THE MIDST OF IT. or: Alas for you who say to the wood, "Wake up!" to silent stone, "Rouse yourself!" Can it teach? See, it is gold and silver plated, and there is no breath in it at all. {NRSV)
Hab 2:19

Chapter 3

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