He wouldn't have preferred Habakkuk, but he would have done Habakkuk justice from the beginning. |
He bounded to his feet, as if the angel of Habakkuk had taken him by the hair. |
Of the 12, Hosea, Zechariah, Habakkuk, Joel, Amos, Micah, Jonah, and Haggai are quoted explicitly. |
But like the Lord said to Habakkuk, we wouldn't have believed Him if He had told us in advance, and now that we can see it, we can still hardly believe it. |
Containing three chapters, Habakkuk combines lamentation and oracle. |
They are apt to be important, in the way of an apocalyptic prophesy of the actual Habakkuk. |