Hab 1:12 | MHM | STEP | Habakkuk’s Second Complaint and God’s Answer In this section, the prophet Habakkuk struggles with a difficult question: how can God, who is eternal and holy, use a wicked nation like Babylon to punish His own people? Habakkuk is troubled because, although he knows God must judge sin, it seems wrong that an even worse nation is allowed to succeed. God’s answer will show that He is just, even when we don’t understand His ways. v. 12 : Habakkuk remembers that God is everlasting and will not let His people be wiped out. He acknowledges that God has appointed the Babylonians to judge Israel, but believes that God will not completely destroy them because He made a covenant with them. Habakkuk trusts that God is pure and cannot tolerate evil, so he is confused about why God would allow the wicked Babylonians to succeed.

‏ Habakkuk 1:12

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint and God’s Answer

In this section, the prophet Habakkuk struggles with a difficult question: how can God, who is eternal and holy, use a wicked nation like Babylon to punish His own people? Habakkuk is troubled because, although he knows God must judge sin, it seems wrong that an even worse nation is allowed to succeed. God’s answer will show that He is just, even when we don’t understand His ways.

v. 12: Habakkuk remembers that God is everlasting and will not let His people be wiped out. He acknowledges that God has appointed the Babylonians to judge Israel, but believes that God will not completely destroy them because He made a covenant with them. Habakkuk trusts that God is pure and cannot tolerate evil, so he is confused about why God would allow the wicked Babylonians to succeed.