Habakkuk 1:1 - 2:4

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• Reading the Text:
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
  • The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
  • The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries. Chapter 2
  • The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons. Chapter 2.
• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit
    • "Faith"
    • "The Prophet and Reformer" 
  • Chapter XXIII of The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Clement of Rome (ca. 96).
  • IV.XXXIV.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
  • II.2, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
  • IV.18, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
  • Chapter VII, Exhortation to Chastity, Tertullian (c. 210)
  • V.3, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
  • Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. Chapter 2.
  • Commentary on Habbakuk. John Calvin (c. 1550).
  • From the Geneva Notes. Chapter 2. (c. 1599)
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.(c. 1700)
  • From Wesley's Notes. (1703-1791).
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). 
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
  • Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Pentecost 22C, Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • Commentary, Habakkuk 2:1-3, Lewis V. Baldwin, The African American Lectionary, 2010.
    • "The prophet of God in any age becomes the visionary who is willing and ready to discern the purpose of God as it marches through history."
  • Lectionary Commentary and Preaching Paths, Pentecost C18, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
    • "Faithfulness to God is the willingness to choose to live life a certain way under God, even when the "vision" may be far off in the future, and the present circumstances are bleak and barren."
  • Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
    • "Through Habakkuk's beautifully written dialogue with God we learn that the wicked carry within themselves the seeds of their own destruction. On the other hand, the believers contain the seeds of close relationship with God."
  • "'How Long Shall I Cry for Help': Gun Violence," Resources for Prophetic Worship, Speaking to North Carolina Justice Issues, North Carolina Council of Churches, 2007.
  • Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "We in our time, are still called on to maintain our faithfulness to God and to act in the same ways that God acts towards us, in spite of what appears as victory by the unscrupulous."
  • Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
  • "Faithfulness: God's Still Small Word," Expository Essay, Dr. William R. Long.
    • "The anguish of historical living, or living in time, is that each one of us is endowed with a sense of justice and fairness but often we must live with and face so much injustice that seems unchangeable or beyond our ability to change."
  • "Understanding God's Will," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
    • "How has God remained close to you in times of trouble?"
• Articles & Background:
  • "Fishes and Foxes." From Jewish Heritage Online Magazine's Topic of the Month: Fishes.
    • "We have in the following parables two differing attitudes towards the ruling government on the part of two rabbis who lived in the period following the destruction and the fall of Judah to Rome. R. Akiba (1st-2nd cent.) and R. Hanina (2nd-3rd cent.) each make use of the symbol of the fish to reinforce their point of view."
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  • Craven, Toni, "Habakkuk 1:1-11, Between Text and Sermon," Interpretation, 2007.
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  • Floyd, Michael H., "Prophetic Complaints about the Fulfillment of Oracles in Habakkuk 1:2-17 and Jeremiah 15:10-18," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1991.
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  • Fretheim, Terence E., "'I Was Only a Little Angry,' Divine Violence in the Prophets," Interpretation, 2004. (See also entire issue: Violence in the Bible, Interpretation, 2004.)
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  • Holt, John Marshall, "'So He May Run Who Reads It,'" Journal of Biblical Literature, 1964.
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  • Johnson, Marshall D., "The Paralysis of Torah in Habakkuk 1:4," Vetus Testamentum, 1985.
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  • Kolb, Robert, "Homiletical Helps on the LW Series C - Old Testament," Concordia Journal, 2007. (Section on this text begins on p. 317)
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  • Pinker, Aron, "Habakkuk 2.4: An Ethical Paradigm or a Political Observation?" Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2007.
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  • Scott, James M., "A New Approach to Habakkuk 2:4-5a," Vetus Testamentum, 1985.
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  • Vasholz, Robert I., "Habakkuk: Complaints or Complaint?" Presbyterion, 1992.
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• Sermons:
  • "It Will Surely Come," Dr. Cleophus LaRue, Princeton Theological Seminary, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2002.
  • "Getting Past Fear," Fr. Patrick Brennan, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2001.
  • "When Faith Trembles," the Rev. Dr. Prathia Hall, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2000.
• Reviews:
• With Children:
  • "While Standing Guard on the Watchtower, I Waited for the Lord's Answer," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
  • "Live by Faith," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
• Drama:
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
  • Clip Art, Habakkuk 1:2, Habakkuk 1:3, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
• Hymns and Music:
  • Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Habakkuk 2:3. The Cyber Hymnal.
• Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
  • Habakkuk
• Study Links and Resources for the Book of Habakkuk