Hab 1:5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Hab 1:5-11: 1:5-11 God’s answer to Habakkuk’s question is startling. God would send a violent people— the Babylonians —to deal with the violence in Judah. The Babylonian army, well-trained and battle-hardened, was an unstoppable force. 1:5 Look ... look: Two different Hebrew verbs, both of which are here translated look , are translated as see and watch in 1:3 . This forms a literary link between Habakkuk’s questions in 1:3 and God’s reply in 1:5-11 .

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‏ Habakkuk 1:5

Summary for Hab 1:5-11: 1:5-11 ^a God’s answer to Habakkuk’s question is startling. God would send a violent people—the Babylonians—to deal with the violence in Judah. The Babylonian army, well-trained and battle-hardened, was an unstoppable force. 1:5 ^b Look ... look: Two different Hebrew verbs, both of which are here translated look, are translated as see and watch in 1:3 ^c. This forms a literary link between Habakkuk’s questions in 1:3 ^d and God’s reply in 1:5-11 ^e.