Habakkuk Quiz

Answer key for Habakkuk Quiz

1. Q1: In the opening of the book, what does the prophet cry out because of the violence he sees? Answer: O LORD, how long shall I cry?. Habakkuk begins by lamenting that he cries out of violence and the Lord will not save. Reference: Habakkuk 1:2 (KJV).
2. Q2: Which nation did the LORD say He would raise up to execute judgment? Answer: The Chaldeans. The LORD describes them as a bitter and hasty nation. Reference: Habakkuk 1:6 (KJV).
3. Q3: How does the LORD describe the eyes of the Holy One of Israel? Answer: Of purer eyes than to behold evil. Habakkuk acknowledges that God is of purer eyes than to behold evil and cannot look on iniquity. Reference: Habakkuk 1:13 (KJV).
4. Q4: Where did Habakkuk say he would stand to watch and see what the LORD would say? Answer: Upon my watch. The prophet set himself upon the tower to watch for the LORD's answer. Reference: Habakkuk 2:1 (KJV).
5. Q5: What instruction did the LORD give Habakkuk regarding the vision? Answer: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables. The vision was to be made plain so that he may run that readeth it. Reference: Habakkuk 2:2 (KJV).
6. Q6: According to Habakkuk 2:4, how shall the just live? Answer: By his faith. This famous verse declares that 'the just shall live by his faith.' Reference: Habakkuk 2:4 (KJV).
7. Q7: With what shall the earth be filled, as the waters cover the sea? Answer: The knowledge of the glory of the LORD. The scripture promises the earth will be filled with the knowledge of His glory. Reference: Habakkuk 2:14 (KJV).
8. Q8: Where is the LORD, such that all the earth should keep silence before Him? Answer: In his holy temple. Habakkuk 2:20 states, 'But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.' Reference: Habakkuk 2:20 (KJV).
9. Q9: In his prayer, what does Habakkuk ask the LORD to remember in the midst of wrath? Answer: Mercy. The prophet prays, 'in wrath remember mercy.' Reference: Habakkuk 3:2 (KJV).
10. Q10: Even if the fig tree shall not blossom, in whom will Habakkuk rejoice? Answer: The God of my salvation. Habakkuk concludes with a song of trust, rejoicing in the God of his salvation. Reference: Habakkuk 3:18 (KJV).