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Background Information on Habakkuk
Habakkuk,[a] or Habacuc, who was active around 612 BCE, was a prophet whose oracles and prayer are recorded in the Book of Habakkuk, the eighth of the collected twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible.He is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Almost all information about Habakkuk is drawn from the book of the Bible bearing his name, with no biographical details provided other than his title, "the prophet".Outside the Bible, he is mentioned over the centuries in the forms of Christian and Rabbinic tradition.
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This “catalog” hymn offers an opening and closing stanza that could frame any one of the inner (16) stanzas that each focus on a biblical prophet. St. 13 is a summary of Habakkuk’s complaint that God seems not to answer his prayers, but yet he keeps his vow to praise in trust that God will save.
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