For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
Habakkuk 3:17-18 · WEBRead the whole chapter →
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In parallel withJob 1:21
Job worshiped with nothing left: Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh's name.
“He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.””
In parallel withPhilippians 4:11-12
Paul learned the same joy in any state: I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
“Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.”
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In parallel with (this verse)Acts 16:25
Rejoicing though the fig tree doesn't flourish: midnight hymns in chains are Habakkuk's empty stalls made flesh.
“But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.”