Trembling in fear, Habakkuk courageously utters what are to me some of the most beautiful words in Scripture. The bottom line, however, was that war and devastation would come upon the land of Israel. When Habakkuk complained about God using the wicked to swallow up those more righteous than they (1:12-17), God told him not to worry, the Chaldeans would get theirs too (2:6-20). God would send the Chaldeans to invade and punish His people (1:5-11). The soldiers, trembling in fear at what they know is ahead, courageously follow. Brave is “feeling or showing no fear.” Courage is “the ability to do something that you know is difficult or dangerous.” The seasoned and fearless captain bravely leaves the bunker, rallies his troops, and leads the charge. “Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us” (3:16b).Īt the risk of offending English language scholars who know more than I do, I have always seen a difference between being brave and showing courage. “I hear, and my body trembles my lips quiver at the sound rottenness enters into my bones my legs tremble beneath me” (Habakkuk 3:16a).
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