Habakkuk 1:5-11

God answered Habakkuk's complaint -- Habakkuk 1:5-11: God assured Habakkuk that He was busy doing something about the situation that was so much bothering him. He told the prophet that he would be amazed at was already happening. In fact even if God told him what He was doing Habakkuk would never believe what was taking place right then. Many prophecies had dual application. Paul quoted this same verse and applied it to what Jesus did to bring salvation to mankind. "Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you." (Acts 13:41) God told Habakkuk that he was sending the Chaldeans or the Babylonians through Israel to conquer cities and towns. They were a fierce and cruel people set on destruction. They would take possession of the entire country. These Chaldeans were fearsome and frightening. They made their own rules and did as they pleased. They were swift and ferocious and would come quickly to destroy. They would make fun of rulers and laugh at fortresses. The people of Israel would be gathered like handfuls of sand. The Chaldean army would come against the people of God without fear. In all of this the Chaldeans would make one tragic mistake, that of giving praise to their gods for overcoming Israel. They did not recognize that the Almighty God caused this to happen.