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Chapter two of Habakkuk is God’s answer to the prophet’s dramatic pleading with God which starts at the beginning of chapter 1:
2 How long, Lord, must I call for help,
but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and ...
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This is a minor translation issue, here's the way I like it (Wikisource Habakkuk):
How is a statue useful? Because it's sculptor made it a mask, and a lying teacher: because the creator trusts his own creator over him to make idols dumb. Woe to he who tells the wood, "awake!", "Arise!" to the still stone. He will teach--- "Here it is wrapped in gold and ...
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Gabriel seems to be the same person who visited Daniel to explain the meaning of his visions. Since those visions were very troubling, Gabriel's message was welcome and an answer to prayer.
Gabriel also visited Zechariah as he served at the altar of incense in the Temple. In that case, Gabriel was there to explain how and why Zechariah's wife, Elizabeth, ...
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It seems more likely that this is a separate thought. God not being the God of confusion fits more naturally with what has preceded the statement, namely that the spirits of the prophets are subject to other prophets.
The next set of thoughts begins "As in all the churches of the saints, the women must be silent." The present imperative can carry inceptive ...
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