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Habakkuk 02 General Notes

Structure and formatting

Some translations prefer to set apart extended quotations, prayers, or songs. The ULB and many other English translations indent the lines of 2:1-20, which are extended quotations.

This chapter is arranged in a series of questions and answers between Yahweh and Habakkuk.

Special concepts in this chapter

"The righteous will live by his faith"

This is an important phrase in Scripture. Paul also uses it to explain that man is justified by his faith. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous, rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/justify and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith)