Hab 1:5 | Scofield | STEP | for I will work Verse 5 anticipates the dispersion "among the nations" (cf) . While Israel as a nation is thus dispersed, Jehovah will "work a work" which Israel "will not believe." interprets this prediction of the redemptive work of Christ. It is significant that Paul quotes this to Jews of the dispersion in the synagogue at Antioch.

Habakkuk 1:5

for I will work

Verse 5 anticipates the dispersion "among the nations" (cf) Deuteronomy 28:64-67. While Israel as a nation is thus dispersed, Jehovah will "work a work" which Israel "will not believe." Acts 13:37-41, interprets this prediction of the redemptive work of Christ. It is significant that Paul quotes this to Jews of the dispersion in the synagogue at Antioch.