Questioning G‧O‧D

Gérard‧Oranje‧Double 41 (5) bd USA - Lugdunum 8

Though vine nor fig-tree neither

1. fig-tree
2. 榕屬（學名：Ficus），又名無花果屬

• Which part of U (Ur Un‧Ty) do U allow to take/make all the locale as its own?
• Why do U let it stand for the whole?
• Why do U let that sicken part pollute the whole system?
• Very Old Pale Gérard
• Milk addict (Via Lactae) Galatae (Γαλάται, Γαλάτες, romanized: Galátes, lit. 'Gauls') a Gallic people dwelling in Galatia, a region of central Anatolia
• 12-18 (III-VIIII)

➱ the Cure is in the Quest

חֲבַקּוּק‎ (Standard Ḥavaqquq Tiberian Ḥăḇaqqûq)

The fourth verse of William Cowper's hymn "Sometimes a Light Surprises", written in 1779, quotes Habakkuk 3:17–18.

Though vine nor fig-tree neither,

Their wonted fruit shall bear,

Though all the field should wither,

Nor flocks nor herds be there;

Yet God the same abiding,

His praise shall tune my voice,

For, while in Him confiding,

I cannot but rejoice.

— William Cowper, 1779

1 The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.

Habakkuk’s Complaint

2 How long, Lord, must I call for help,

    but you do not listen?

Or cry out to you, “Violence!”

    but you do not save?

3 Why do you make me look at injustice?

    Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?

Destruction and violence are before me;

    there is strife, and conflict abounds.

4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,

    and justice never prevails.

The wicked hem in the righteous,

    so that justice is perverted.

The Lord’s Answer

5 “Look at the nations and watch—

    and be utterly amazed.

For I am going to do something in your days

    that you would not believe,

    even if you were told.

6 I am raising up the Babylonians,[a]

    that ruthless and impetuous people,

who sweep across the whole earth

    to seize dwellings not their own.

7 They are feared and dreaded people;

    they are a law to themselves

    and promote their own honour.

8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,

    fiercer than wolves at dusk.

Their cavalry gallops headlong;

    their horsemen come from afar.

They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;

9     they all come intent on violence.

Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind

    and gather prisoners like sand.

10 They mock kings

    and scoff at rulers.

They laugh at all fortified cities;

    by building earthen ramps they capture them.

11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—

    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Lord, are you not from everlasting?

    My God, my Holy One, you[c] will never die.

You, Lord, have appointed them to execute judgment;

    you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.

13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil;

    you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.

Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?

    Why are you silent while the wicked

    swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

14 You have made people like the fish in the sea,

    like the sea creatures that have no ruler.

15 The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks,

    he catches them in his net,

he gathers them up in his dragnet;

    and so he rejoices and is glad.

16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net

    and burns incense to his dragnet,

for by his net he lives in luxury

    and enjoys the choicest food.

17 Is he to keep on emptying his net,

    destroying nations without mercy?