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No explicit information is provided about this prophet other than his name, which is itself somewhat obscure. If it is derived from the verbal root H-B-K, it would appear to signify one who was embraced\u2014either physically (by parents?) or spiritually (by God?). Others relate it to the Assyrian \u1e2bamba\u1e33\u00fb\u1e33u, which is the name of a plant. As we have noted in our introductory remarks to both Joel and Nahum, according to Seder Olam, the tannaitic record of Jewish history, Habakkuk, along with Joel and Nahum, prophesied during the reign of King Manasseh (697-643 BCE), whose name was not mentioned explicitly due to his evildoing.<\/span><\/p>\n

The subjects of Habakkuk\u2019s prophecies are the imminent rise of Babylon, its eventual conquest and destruction of Judah, and the latter\u2019s ultimate salvation and redemption\u2014each occupying one of the book\u2019s three chapters. Prophecies about Babylon and Judah were uttered previously by Isaiah and Micah, and would be repeated later by Nahum, Zephaniah and Jeremiah; yet Habakkuk appears to predate Nahum since the Babylonian conquest of Nineveh was still unanticipated.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Chapter 1, Habakkuk complained to God about the arrogance of the Babylonians, who attributed their success to themselves and their deities, failing to recognize that they were merely tools in God\u2019s plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kings they hold in derision, and princes are a joke to them; they laugh at every fortress, they pile up earth and capture it. Then they pass on like the wind, they transgress and incur guilt, for they ascribe their might to their god. You, O LORD, are from everlasting; My holy God, You never die. O LORD, You have made them a subject of contention; O Rock, You have made them a cause for complaint. (10-12)<\/span><\/p>\n

What the new JPS translation has rendered as \u201cYou never die\u201d (12) appears in the original as \u201cwe shall not die\u201d (<\/span>lo namut<\/span><\/em>). Accordingly, Kara, Beaugency, Ibn Ezra, and Radak all took it as a plea on the part of Israel that not all should perish at Babylonian hands. Furthermore, they read the continuation not as a subject or cause for complaint or contention, but as a \u201csource of justice\u201d (<\/span>lemishpat samto<\/span><\/em>) and \u201cpower to rebuke\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>tzur lehokhiach<\/span><\/em>), indicating that only those who deserve to be punished would perish at their hands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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