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https://www.antiochpatriarchate.org/en/page/habakkuk-the-prophet/898/ My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Come join us at any time!  Today’s Reading 8/23/2019     Day 235 Habakkuk 1:1 – 3:19 Reflection | Today - The conversation between Habakkuk and God is a back And forth question and answer period where God is not giving direct answers to the question and Habakkuk is not making any suggestions either. Why are we suffering if You are God? Background |  Background by Center of Biblical Studies.   More background by My Jewish Learning. Habakkuk complains about the suffering of the community under tyrants. How do we trust God in suffering? Note the prayer of the prophet in 3:1-19. +++ The Next Days of Readings | 8/24/2019     Day 236 Zephaniah 1:1 – 3:20 8/25/2019     Day 237 Haggai 1:1 – 2:23 8/26/2019     Day 238 Zechariah 1:1 – 4:14 8/27/20...

Read |  Day 214 | Sunday | August 2 | Habakkuk 1: 1, 2-4, 5-11, 12– 2: 1  Habakkuk 2: 2-20  Habakkuk 3: 1-19  Zephaniah 1: 1, 2-18  Zephaniah 2: 1-3, 4-7  Date: Habakkuk and Zephaniah's  ministry occurred some time before the fall of Judah - 612 BC. Background | Habakkuk -  We know nothing about Habakkuk other than he lived at a time of Babylonian aggression against Judah. Babylon’s capture of Jerusalem is not mentioned in this book, which suggests that Habakkuk’s prophecies deal with a time in the late sixth century BC, before the fall of Jerusalem was in the picture. The book is three chapters long. The first two chapters consist of an oracle that Habakkuk saw (1:1). Habakkuk laments the injustice of Judah’s leaders in perverting justice and calls on God to do something about it. God informs Habakkuk that God will send the Babylonians in to attack Judah as a punishment for its wickedness. More from Center of Biblical Studies ...