Habakkuk, Prophecies of 
 
 Were probably written about B.C. 650 or, as some think, a few years
 later. This book consists of three chapters, the contents of which are
 thus comprehensively described: "When the prophet in spirit saw the
 formidable power of the Chaldeans approaching and menacing his land,
 and saw the great evils they would cause in Judea, he bore his
 complaints and doubts before Jehovah, the just and the pure Hab 1:2-17 
 And on this occasion the future punishment of the Chaldeans was
 revealed to him Hab 2:1-20. In the third chapter a presentiment of 
 the destruction of his country, in the inspired heart of the prophet, 
 contends with his hope that the enemy would be chastised." The third 
 chapter is a sublime song dedicated "to the chief musician," and 
 therefore intended apparently to be used in the worship of God. It is 
 "unequalled in majesty and splendour of language and imagery." The 
 passage in Hab 2:4 "The just shall live by his faith," is quoted 
 by the apostle in Ro 1:17 (Comp.) Ga 3:12 Heb 10:37,38