1. The Righteous Will Live By His Faith See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous will live by his faith … Habakkuk 2:4

2. How Long, O Lord...? 2 Kings 20-24 2 Kings 20: 16&17 - Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD: The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. 2 Kings 21:10-14 - Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins.... Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.... I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

3. How Long, O Lord... ? 2 How long, O 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 wrong? 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.

4. How Long, O Lord... ? The Babylonians... ruthless and impetuous people,... seize dwelling places not their own.... feared and dreaded... horses are swifter than leopards,... like a vulture swooping to devour;... bent on violence.... like a desert wind... gather prisoners like sand.

5. The righteous will live by his faith 12 O LORD, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, we will not die. O LORD, you have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, you have ordained them to punish. 13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

6. The righteous will live by his faith See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous will live by his faith...

7. The righteous will live by his faith wine, arrogant, greedy, never satisfied, - - - - - - gathers to himself all the nations piles up stolen goods, wealthy by extortion - - - - - - plundered many nations, unjust gain set his nest on high, plotted the ruin of many - - - - - shaming your own house, forfeiting your life - - - - - builds a city with bloodshed, a town by crime! labor is only fuel for the fire - - - - - - - - - - nations exhaust themselves for nothing gives drink to his neighbors... till they are drunk - - - gaze on their naked bodies destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them - - - - what value is an idol... who...trusts in his own creation who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’ there is no breath in it. Party animal Glory seeking Pirate "two faced" Cheaters, Ponzi Gossips Fornicators Gangsters Work Religions Only Jesus saves! Liars Pornography Humanists Idolatry

8. The righteous will live by his faith Will not your debtors suddenly arise? Then you will become their victim. The peoples who are left will plunder you You will be filled with shame instead of glory. The cup from the LORD’s right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory. The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, Your destruction of animals will terrify you.

9. The righteous will live by his faith Habakkuk 2:4 - See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous will live by his faith...

10. The righteous will live by his faith Habakkuk 2:4 - See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous will live by his faith... Romans 1:17 - For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." Galatians 3:11 - Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." Hebrews 10:38 - But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.

11. The knowledge of the LORD 13 Has not the LORD Almighty determined that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire, that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing? 14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

12. The knowledge of the LORD But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.