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Prophets and Kings
“God came from Teman,
And the Holy One from Mount Paran.
His glory covered the heavens,
And the earth was full of His praise.
And His brightness was as the light;
He had bright beams out of His side:
And there was the hiding of His power.
Before Him went the pestilence,
And burning coals went forth at His feet.
He stood, and measured the earth:
He beheld, and drove asunder the nations;
And the everlasting mountains were scattered,
The perpetual hills did bow:
His ways are everlasting.”
“Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people,
Even for salvation with Thine anointed.”
“Although the fig tree shall not blossom,
Neither shall fruit be in the vines;
The labor of the olive shall fail,
And the fields shall yield no meat;
The flock shall be cut off from the fold,
And there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The Lord God is my strength.”
Habakkuk 3:2-6, 13, 17-19
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margin.
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Habakkuk was not the only one through whom was given a mes-
sage of bright hope and of future triumph as well as of present judg-
ment. During the reign of Josiah the word of the Lord came to Zepha-
niah, specifying plainly the results of continued apostasy, and calling
the attention of the true church to the glorious prospect beyond. His
prophecies of impending judgment upon Judah apply with equal force
to the judgments that are to fall upon an impenitent world at the time
of the second advent of Christ:
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