Habakkuk cries out because violence, injustice, strife, and corrupted judgment seem to go unanswered in Judah. The LORD responds that He is raising the Chaldeans, a terrifying and arrogant nation, as judgment. That answer creates a deeper problem for Habakkuk: how can the holy God use a nation more wicked than Judah to swallow up others?
Habakkuk cries out because violence, injustice, strife, and corrupted judgment seem to go unanswered in Judah. The LORD responds that He is raising the Chaldeans, a terrifying and arrogant nation, as judgment. That answer creates a deeper problem for Habakkuk: how can the holy God use a nation more wicked than Judah to swallow up others?
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