Habakkuk predicted a day of judgment for the people of Israel. Their failure to obey the terms of the old covenant has incurred God’s wrath with the result that the Babylonians will come to punish the nation of Judah. In response to this reality, believers were called to believe God’s promise that Babylon itself will one day be judged and there will be a future restoration for God’s people.1 Habakkuk believed this promise and, in doing so, he functions as another example that justification comes by faith.2
11 Et que nul ne soit justifié devant Dieu par la loi, cela est évident, puisqu'il est dit: Le juste vivra par la foi.