Habakkuk 3:17, 18 “Though the fig tree should not blossom nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no heard in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy […]

Habakkuk 2:20 “But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.” I used to see these words over the doors that led to the main auditorium where worship services were held. Somehow, Bible leaders thought this verse applied to worship services but that is not its point at […]

Habakkuk 2:4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith (faithfulness).” Habakkuk is discussing his complaint against God and God is answering him. Habakkuk surely knows there are two kinds of people he is working with. There are those who live by their […]

Habakkuk Habakkuk 1:2 “O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you ‘Violence!’ and you will not save?” Ever feel like Habakkuk? You’ve cried to God for help but you failed to hear a response? Habakkuk was sure God was ignoring him. Often, Christians today feel […]

Nahum 3:6 “I will throw filth at you and treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.” This is God’s message to that wicked city Nineveh. For those of us in the New Testament age, it seems a harsh message, one unbecoming of the God we love. It is true that those who have […]

Nahum Nahum 1:2 “The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and wrathful; the LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies.” Nahum is all about Nineveh and its wickedness and what God is going to do about the wickedness. The prophet presents God in His vengeance […]

Micah 7:18 “Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.” If not for the truth of this verse think what the message of all the prophets would be like. Men continue to […]

Micah 7:7 “But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.” This verse comes at the end of a six verse lament over the state of wickedness in the world. The prophet, like Elijah, sees himself as the only faithful […]

Micah 6:8 “He has told you O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” The prophet asks the rhetorical question for the people of Israel, “With what shall I come before the Lord?” Israel and […]

Micah 5:10 “And in that day, declares the LORD, I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots;” Here’s the answer to those who trust in chariots and horses. It is among a long list of things that God will cut off and destroy. Those who trust in idols will […]