
October 2025
Habakkuk and Zephaniah
by Peter C. W. Ho
The books of Habakkuk and Zephaniah are God’s word to his people Israel at the lowest point in their history – the time of the Babylonian captivity. In the horizon, the looming national disaster is not simply contrasted with the prophetic hope of deliverance; rather the brightest light that shines is the display of God’s unchanging faithfulness, power, and holiness – the foundations for divine action for the well-being of the remnant of Judah. They show us the faith of the righteous among the rebels and the ruins. These two powerful books show us how we ought to live in such times, demonstrate that faith without faithfulness is an infantile fantasy. Yet behind these struggles of God’s people is a God who is determined to be their righteousness.