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3:1 Havakkuk’s prayerful song

3 A prayer of the prophet Havakkuk designed to be sung:[fn]

2 Yahweh, I’ve heard the report about what you’ve done,

≈and I’m in awe of your work, Yahweh.

Do it again in our times—

≈show us again in this age.

Despite your severe anger, remember to have compassion.

3 God came in from Teman in Edom,

and the sinless one from Mt. Paran. (Instrumental break.)

His splendour blanketed the skies,

≈and the earth was full of his praise.

4 His brightness was like the light—

rays flashed from his hand

where he kept his power.

5 Deadly disease went ahead of him,

≈then the plague followed along behind.

6 He stood and measured the earth.

He looked and made the nations tremble.

Even the ancient mountains were shattered,

≈and the everlasting hills bowed down.

His ways are everlasting.

7 I saw the people in tents in Cushan in trouble.

≈The tent curtains in the Midyan region were trembling.

8 Was your rage against the rivers, Yahweh?

Was your anger against the rivers,

or your fury against the ocean,

when you rode in on your horses and your victorious chariots?

9 You got your bow out ready to use.

Each arrow was a promise you’d made. (Instrumental break.)

You split the earth open with rivers.

10 The mountains saw you and twisted in pain.

A storm brought heavy rain down on them.

The deep sea raised its voice—

it sent up high waves.

11 The sun and moon stood still in their places

with the light from your arrows as they fly by,

yes, with the gleam of your flashing spear.

12 You have marched over the world in your fury.

You’ve trampled down the nations in anger.

13 You went out to rescue your people—

to save your anointed one.

You crush the leader of the house of wicked people

to strip him from the thigh up to the neck. (Instrumental break.)

14 You have pierced the head of his warriors with his own arrows

since they came like a storm to scatter us—

their gloating was like someone who destroys weak people in secret.

15 You trod on top of the sea with your horses—

churning the many waters.

16 I heard, and my insides turned to jelly.

My lips quivered at the sound.

My bones start aching, and my legs tremble beneath me.

However, I will wait quietly for the day of distress to hit the people who invaded us.

17 Even if the fig tree doesn’t produce buds

and there is no fruit on the grapevines,

and although the olive tree stop producing,

and the fields yield no food,

and although the sheep and goats can’t return to their pens,

and there are no cattle in their stalls,

18 I’ll still praise Yahweh.

I’ll celebrate because God saves me.

19 I trust my master Yahweh for my strength,

and he makes my feet agile like deer’s feet.

He helps me climb ups to my high places.[ref]

For the musical director, on my stringed instruments.

3:1 The meaning of the Hebrew word transliterated ‘shigyonot’ is unknown, but assumed to be some kind of musical directive. (Also in Song/Psalm 7:0.)

3:19: 2Sam 22:34; Psa 18:33.

3 a _prayer of_Ḩₐⱱaqqūq the_prophet on shiggionoth.
2 Oh_YHWH I _have _heard report _of_you I _fear Oh_YHWH work _of_your in/on/at/with_midst _of years revive_it in/on/at/with_midst _of years you _will _make_it_known in/on/at/with_severe _anger to _have _compassion you _will _remember.
3 god[fn] from_Tēymān he _comes and_holy from_hill of _Pāʼrān Şelāh it _has _covered the_heavens splendour _of_his and_praise _of_his it _has _filled the_earth/land.
4 And_brightness like _the_light it _is two _horns from_hand _of_his to_him/it and_there the _hiding _place _of power _of_his.
[fn][fn] 5 before_face/front_him pestilence it _goes and_ plague _followed at_steps _of_his.
6 He _stood and_measured the_earth he _has _seen and_tremble nations and_ mountains _of _shattered antiquity hills _of they _have _bowed _down antiquity goings _of antiquity to_him/it.
7 Under trouble I _have _seen the _tents _of Kūshān/(Cushan) trembled the _tent _curtains _of the _land _of Midyān.
8 in/on/at/with_rivers has _it _burned Oh_YHWH or in/on/at/with_rivers severe _anger _of_your or in/on/at/with_sea rage _of_your (cmp) you _will _ride on horses _of_your chariots _of_your salvation.
9 Bareness bow _of_your it _is _made _bare oaths arrows a _word Şelāh rivers you _split _open the_earth.
10 Saw_you mountains they _writhe a _storm _of water it _has _passed _over the _deep it _has _given _forth voice _of_its height _of hands _of_its it _has _lifted.
11 Sun moon it _has _stood _still place_in at_light _of arrows _of_your they _go at_flashing _of the _lightning _flash _of spear _of_your.
12 In/on/at/with_fury you _march the_earth in/on/at/with_anger you _trample _down nations.
13 You _have _gone _out to_salvation _of people _of_your to_save DOM anointed _of_your you _have _smashed the_leader of_house _of the_wicked you _have _laid _bare foundation[s] to neck Şelāh.
14 you _pierced in/on/at/with_arrows _of_his _own the _head _of warriors _of_his[fn] they _storm to_scatter_us gloating _of_their was_like to_devour the_afflicted in/on/at/with_secret.
15 You _trod in/on/at/with_sea horses _of_your a _heap _of waters many.
16 I _heard within _of_my and_trembled to_sound/voice lips _of_my they _quivered rottenness it _came in/on/at/with_bones _of_my and_beneath_me I _trembled that I _will _be _quiet for_day _of trouble to_come upon_people invading_us.
17 If/because the_fig _tree not it _buds and_no produce in/on/at/with_vines the_product _of it _fails the_olive _tree and_fields not it _produces food someone _cuts _off from_fold the_flock and_no cattle in/on/at/with_stalls.
18 And_I in/on/at/with_LORD I _will _exult I _will _rejoice in/on/at/with_god _of salvation _of_my.
19 YHWH[fn][fn][fn] my_master strength _of_my and_he/it _assigned feet _of_my like _the_deer and_on heights _of_my walk_me for _the_choir _director in/on/at/with_stringed _instruments.

3:3 OSHB note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

3:4 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

3:4 OSHB note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.

3:14 OSHB variant note: פרז/ו: (x-qere) ’פְּרָזָ֔י/ו’: lemma_6518 n_1.1 morph_HNcmpc/Sp3ms id_35uf4 פְּרָזָ֔י/ו

3:19 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

3:19 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

3:19 OSHB note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

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Prophets of the Old Testament after 800 B.C.

If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.

• Zechariah (796 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 24:20] => Jerusalem
• Jonah (780 B.C.) [2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1] => Gath-hepher, Nineveh
• Hosea (770 B.C.) [Hosea 1:1] => Samaria?
• Amos (760 B.C.) [Amos 1:1] => Bethel
• Isaiah (730 B.C.) [2 Kings 19:2; 20:1; 2 Chronicles 26:22; 32:20, 32; Isaiah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Micah (730 B.C.) [Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1] => Moresheth
• Nahum (650 B.C.) [Nahum 1:1] => Elkosh (Capernaum?)
• Zephaniah (630 B.C.) [Zephaniah 1:1] => Jerusalem?
• Huldah (630 B.C.) [2 Kings 22:14] => Jerusalem
• Habakkuk (600 B.C.) [Habakkuk 1:1; 3:1] => Jerusalem?
• Ezekiel (592 B.C.) [Ezekiel 1:3] => Babylonia/Chebar River
• Uriah (600 B.C.) [Jeremiah 26:20] => Kiriath-jearim
• Jeremiah (587 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 36:12; Jeremiah 1:1; 19:14] => Jerusalem
• Obadiah (586 B.C.) [Obadiah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Daniel (560 B.C.) [Daniel 7:1; Matthew 24:15] => Babylon
• Haggai (520 B.C.) [Ezra 5:1; Haggai 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Zechariah (520 B.C.) [Ezra 5:1; Zechariah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Malachi (432 B.C.) [Malachi 1:1] => Jerusalem?

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Havakkuk’s prayerful song

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Prophets of the Old Testament after 800 B.C.

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