Chapter summary
Habakkuk 3 Summary
Habakkuk 3 closes the prophet's dialogue with God in a prayer that — even «though the fig tree should not blossom» — he will rejoice in the LORD.
Habakkuk has wrestled with God's silence. Now he prays for revival and remembers God's mighty acts: «O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O LORD, do I fear.»
His final words ring across the ages: though every field fail and every flock be cut off, «yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.» Faith stripped of every prop, anchored only in God.
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Habakkuk 3:17 “Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,” Habakkuk 3:18 “yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!”
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