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lives<00:10:47.039><c> in</c><00:10:47.340><c> luxury.</c>

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suddenly<00:16:45.990><c> arise?</c>

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cities<00:17:04.829><c> and</c><00:17:05.730><c> everyone</c><00:17:06.109><c> in</c><00:17:06.410><c> them.</c>

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name<00:17:32.990><c> for</c><00:17:33.269><c> ourselves.</c>

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mighty<00:17:42.789><c> power</c><00:17:43.390><c> and</c><00:17:43.730><c> for</c><00:17:43.849><c> the</c><00:17:44.109><c> glory</c><00:17:44.329><c> of</c><00:17:44.690><c> my</c><00:17:45.049><c> majesty?</c>

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We<00:17:46.910><c> know</c><00:17:47.609><c> that</c><00:17:48.329><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:17:49.009><c> was</c><00:17:49.230><c> humbled</c><00:17:49.589><c> of</c><00:17:50.369><c> his</c><00:17:50.650><c> pride.</c>

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He<00:17:51.450><c> acknowledged</c><00:17:51.849><c> God</c><00:17:52.210><c> and</c><00:17:52.349><c> he</c><00:17:52.430><c> was</c><00:17:52.630><c> restored.</c>

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prideful<00:17:58.569><c> ways.</c>

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be<00:18:04.970><c> humbled.</c><00:18:06.230><c> But</c><00:18:06.390><c> one</c><00:18:06.609><c> who</c><00:18:06.869><c> humbles</c><00:18:07.210><c> himself</c><00:18:07.869><c> will</c><00:18:08.750><c> be</c><00:18:08.990><c> exalted.</c>

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So<00:18:12.329><c> coming</c><00:18:12.589><c> back</c><00:18:12.869><c> to</c><00:18:13.009><c> that,</c><00:18:14.130><c> what</c><00:18:14.690><c> I</c><00:18:14.869><c> say</c><00:18:15.009><c> is</c><00:18:15.170><c> a</c><00:18:15.369><c> parenthetical</c>

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phrase<00:18:16.650><c> that</c><00:18:18.490><c> the</c><00:18:19.509><c> righteous</c><00:18:20.029><c> will</c><00:18:20.509><c> live</c><00:18:20.950><c> by</c><00:18:21.450><c> faith.</c>

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and<00:18:25.089><c> the</c><00:18:25.250><c> evidence</c><00:18:25.509><c> is</c><00:18:25.750><c> that</c><00:18:25.869><c> it's</c><00:18:26.069><c> the</c><00:18:26.190><c> most</c><00:18:26.390><c> quoted</c><00:18:26.710><c> in</c><00:18:26.910><c> the</c>

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The<00:18:34.750><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:34.950><c> word</c><00:18:35.230><c> emunah.</c>

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It's<00:18:37.549><c> a</c><00:18:37.710><c> noun</c><00:18:37.990><c> form</c><00:18:38.509><c> of</c><00:18:39.369><c> the</c><00:18:39.529><c> verb</c><00:18:39.730><c> aman,</c><00:18:40.470><c> which</c><00:18:40.710><c> means</c><00:18:41.210><c> to</c><00:18:41.509><c> be</c>

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firm,<00:18:43.029><c> trustworthy.</c>

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Now<00:18:51.490><c> remember</c><00:18:51.910><c> that</c><00:18:52.190><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:52.410><c> verbs</c><00:18:52.690><c> are</c><00:18:53.170><c> put</c><00:18:53.390><c> into</c><00:18:53.769><c> one</c><00:18:53.990><c> of</c>

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Aman<00:18:58.069><c> is</c><00:18:58.269><c> kind</c><00:18:58.430><c> of</c><00:18:58.509><c> the</c><00:18:58.710><c> base</c><00:18:58.970><c> meaning,</c><00:18:59.390><c> to</c><00:18:59.569><c> be</c><00:18:59.789><c> firm,</c><00:19:00.170><c> to</c><00:19:00.210><c> be</c><00:19:00.410><c> trustworthy.</c>

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But<00:19:01.930><c> putting</c><00:19:02.470><c> it</c><00:19:02.869><c> into</c><00:19:03.089><c> another</c><00:19:03.369><c> form,</c><00:19:04.029><c> it</c><00:19:04.190><c> becomes</c><00:19:04.450><c> heyamin.</c>

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Then<00:19:06.430><c> it</c><00:19:06.589><c> means</c><00:19:07.009><c> to</c><00:19:07.450><c> believe,</c><00:19:08.490><c> to</c><00:19:08.750><c> trust.</c>

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And<00:19:10.509><c> that's</c><00:19:10.769><c> the</c><00:19:10.890><c> word</c><00:19:11.029><c> that's</c><00:19:11.349><c> used</c><00:19:11.549><c> in</c><00:19:11.789><c> Genesis</c><00:19:12.109><c> 15</c><00:19:12.670><c> of</c><00:19:12.890><c> Abraham</c><00:19:13.369><c> when</c>

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it<00:19:13.789><c> says</c><00:19:14.029><c> he</c><00:19:14.490><c> believed</c><00:19:15.029><c> God</c><00:19:15.630><c> and</c><00:19:16.450><c> he</c><00:19:16.710><c> credited</c><00:19:16.990><c> to</c><00:19:17.309><c> him</c><00:19:17.750><c> as</c><00:19:18.230><c> righteousness.</c>

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So<00:19:21.349><c> Habakkuk</c><00:19:21.670><c> is</c><00:19:21.869><c> using</c><00:19:22.170><c> two</c><00:19:22.589><c> related</c><00:19:22.930><c> words</c><00:19:23.250><c> here</c><00:19:23.509><c> in</c><00:19:23.589><c> chapter</c><00:19:23.849><c> 2</c><00:19:24.089><c> verse</c><00:19:24.289><c> 4.</c>

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The<00:19:25.410><c> righteous</c><00:19:25.789><c> one,</c><00:19:26.710><c> the</c><00:19:26.869><c> tzadik,</c><00:19:27.769><c> lives</c><00:19:27.990><c> by</c><00:19:28.349><c> faith</c><00:19:28.710><c> emunah.</c>

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Well<00:19:30.210><c> Abraham</c><00:19:30.650><c> had</c><00:19:31.289><c> faith,</c><00:19:33.390><c> which</c><00:19:33.609><c> is</c><00:19:33.809><c> the</c><00:19:33.950><c> verb</c><00:19:34.190><c> of</c><00:19:34.490><c> that</c><00:19:35.009><c> emunah,</c><00:19:35.950><c> believing</c><00:19:36.230><c> in</c>

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God's<00:19:36.890><c> promise.</c>

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He<00:19:38.250><c> believed</c><00:19:38.730><c> and</c><00:19:39.269><c> it</c><00:19:39.410><c> was</c><00:19:39.690><c> counted</c><00:19:39.910><c> to</c><00:19:40.109><c> him</c><00:19:40.829><c> as</c><00:19:41.750><c> righteousness.</c>

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Tzedekah,<00:19:43.589><c> which</c><00:19:43.690><c> is</c><00:19:44.269><c> a</c><00:19:44.450><c> related</c><00:19:44.670><c> noun</c><00:19:44.970><c> to</c><00:19:45.210><c> that</c><00:19:45.490><c> word</c><00:19:45.650><c> righteous</c><00:19:46.049><c> one</c><00:19:46.390><c> in</c>

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Habakkuk<00:19:47.269><c> here.</c>

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So<00:19:49.549><c> we're</c><00:19:50.309><c> being</c><00:19:50.609><c> called,</c><00:19:51.990><c> Habakkuk</c><00:19:52.230><c> is</c><00:19:52.349><c> being</c><00:19:52.630><c> called</c><00:19:52.869><c> to</c><00:19:53.029><c> kind</c><00:19:53.150><c> of</c>

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God's<00:19:58.410><c> promise</c><00:19:58.990><c> as</c><00:20:00.369><c> Abraham</c><00:20:01.009><c> did.</c>

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So<00:20:03.690><c> heyamin</c><00:20:04.009><c> is</c><00:20:04.750><c> trusting,</c><00:20:05.430><c> believing</c><00:20:06.109><c> in</c><00:20:06.490><c> something</c><00:20:06.750><c> that</c>

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is<00:20:07.210><c> firm</c><00:20:07.710><c> and</c><00:20:08.470><c> trustworthy.</c>

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the<00:20:18.970><c> word</c><00:20:19.150><c> emunah,</c><00:20:20.990><c> it</c><00:20:21.690><c> actually</c><00:20:21.950><c> is</c><00:20:22.130><c> a</c><00:20:22.230><c> noun</c><00:20:22.349><c> that</c><00:20:22.569><c> has</c><00:20:22.789><c> those</c>

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ideas,<00:20:31.569><c> but</c><00:20:31.769><c> in</c><00:20:31.910><c> Hebrew</c><00:20:32.170><c> that</c><00:20:33.910><c> word</c><00:20:34.809><c> does</c><00:20:35.109><c> double</c><00:20:35.410><c> duty</c><00:20:35.670><c> really.</c>

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heard,<00:20:41.970><c> can</c><00:20:42.089><c> mean</c><00:20:42.309><c> faith,</c><00:20:43.210><c> but</c><00:20:43.349><c> it</c><00:20:43.509><c> also</c><00:20:43.710><c> can</c><00:20:43.869><c> mean</c><00:20:44.089><c> faithfulness.</c>

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So<00:20:47.029><c> translators</c><00:20:47.349><c> have</c><00:20:47.549><c> to</c><00:20:47.730><c> kind</c><00:20:47.829><c> of</c><00:20:47.970><c> think</c><00:20:48.150><c> about</c><00:20:48.450><c> and</c><00:20:48.849><c> decide</c>

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which<00:20:49.630><c> aspect</c><00:20:50.130><c> of</c><00:20:50.309><c> the</c><00:20:50.490><c> word</c><00:20:50.750><c> do</c><00:20:50.910><c> we</c><00:20:51.009><c> want</c><00:20:51.170><c> to</c><00:20:51.410><c> use</c><00:20:51.849><c> or</c><00:20:52.490><c> do</c><00:20:52.789><c> we</c>

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to<00:20:55.750><c> use.</c>

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we<00:21:00.430><c> have</c><00:21:00.589><c> the</c><00:21:00.829><c> same</c><00:21:01.069><c> Hebrew</c><00:21:01.329><c> word</c><00:21:01.789><c> because</c><00:21:02.549><c> the</c><00:21:02.769><c> Lord's</c><00:21:03.190><c> great</c>

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But<00:24:54.789><c> again,</c><00:24:55.089><c> this</c><00:24:55.309><c> is</c><00:24:55.509><c> a</c><00:24:55.769><c> complementary</c><00:24:56.250><c> idea.</c>

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Because<00:24:57.049><c> the</c><00:24:57.390><c> appointed</c><00:24:57.630><c> time</c><00:24:58.170><c> is</c><00:24:59.190><c> promised</c><00:24:59.490><c> by</c><00:24:59.769><c> God,</c><00:25:01.329><c> it's</c><00:25:01.690><c> faithful.</c>

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And<00:25:03.089><c> because</c><00:25:03.410><c> God,</c><00:25:05.089><c> he</c><00:25:05.089><c> is</c><00:25:05.269><c> faithful,</c><00:25:05.789><c> it's</c><00:25:05.910><c> because</c><00:25:06.089><c> of</c><00:25:06.250><c> his</c>

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faithfulness<00:25:06.869><c> we</c><00:25:07.029><c> can</c><00:25:07.289><c> trust</c><00:25:07.470><c> in</c><00:25:07.650><c> that</c><00:25:07.809><c> appointed</c><00:25:08.089><c> time.</c>

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And<00:25:09.849><c> because</c><00:25:10.430><c> of</c><00:25:10.609><c> that,</c><00:25:11.029><c> Habakkuk</c><00:25:11.329><c> and</c><00:25:11.650><c> us</c><00:25:12.289><c> can</c><00:25:12.750><c> have</c><00:25:13.109><c> faith</c>

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and<00:25:14.349><c> trust</c><00:25:14.769><c> in</c><00:25:15.430><c> him</c><00:25:15.769><c> and</c><00:25:16.150><c> his</c><00:25:16.470><c> plan.</c>

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So<00:25:19.789><c> faith</c><00:25:20.349><c> in</c><00:25:20.509><c> this</c><00:25:20.750><c> context</c><00:25:21.369><c> is</c><00:25:22.509><c> trusting</c><00:25:22.970><c> in</c><00:25:23.309><c> God's</c><00:25:23.829><c> promise.</c>

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The<00:25:24.750><c> promised</c><00:25:25.089><c> vision,</c><00:25:26.390><c> wait</c><00:25:26.809><c> for</c><00:25:27.069><c> it,</c><00:25:27.710><c> it</c><00:25:27.970><c> will</c><00:25:28.250><c> come.</c>

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And<00:25:30.029><c> we're</c><00:25:30.309><c> saved</c><00:25:30.730><c> to</c><00:25:31.109><c> life</c><00:25:31.750><c> by</c><00:25:32.549><c> trusting</c><00:25:32.970><c> in</c><00:25:33.289><c> God.</c>

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And<00:25:36.649><c> another</c><00:25:37.329><c> way</c><00:25:37.849><c> of</c><00:25:38.029><c> reading,</c><00:25:38.470><c> thinking</c><00:25:38.750><c> about</c><00:25:39.089><c> that,</c><00:25:40.329><c> of</c>

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considering<00:25:41.509><c> our</c><00:25:42.029><c> faith,</c><00:25:43.009><c> is</c><00:25:43.170><c> that</c><00:25:44.289><c> living</c><00:25:44.809><c> by</c><00:25:45.230><c> faith,</c><00:25:46.250><c> the</c>

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righteous<00:25:46.730><c> will</c><00:25:47.089><c> live</c><00:25:47.269><c> by</c><00:25:47.609><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:25:48.690><c> should</c><00:25:48.869><c> be</c><00:25:49.130><c> living</c><00:25:49.309><c> lives</c><00:25:49.990><c> faithfully,</c><00:25:50.990><c> waiting</c><00:25:51.250><c> and</c><00:25:51.690><c> trusting</c><00:25:51.950><c> in</c><00:25:52.250><c> faith.</c>

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It<00:25:53.009><c> impacts</c><00:25:53.309><c> how</c><00:25:53.569><c> we</c><00:25:53.869><c> live</c><00:25:54.309><c> if</c><00:25:54.950><c> we</c><00:25:55.150><c> live</c><00:25:55.309><c> by</c><00:25:55.650><c> faith.</c>

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So<00:25:58.569><c> this</c><00:25:58.869><c> faith</c><00:25:59.109><c> that</c><00:25:59.309><c> we</c><00:25:59.569><c> have</c><00:26:00.730><c> also</c><00:26:02.490><c> can</c><00:26:03.410><c> rely</c><00:26:03.750><c> on</c><00:26:03.930><c> the</c><00:26:04.210><c> promise</c><00:26:04.450><c> that</c>

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we<00:26:04.809><c> have</c><00:26:05.009><c> revealed</c><00:26:05.529><c> in</c><00:26:06.450><c> verse</c><00:26:06.670><c> 14</c><00:26:07.210><c> of</c><00:26:07.430><c> chapter</c><00:26:07.769><c> 2.</c>

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For<00:26:09.710><c> the</c><00:26:09.950><c> earth</c><00:26:10.230><c> will</c><00:26:10.430><c> be</c><00:26:10.750><c> filled</c><00:26:11.170><c> with</c><00:26:11.690><c> the</c><00:26:11.950><c> knowledge</c><00:26:12.289><c> of</c><00:26:12.490><c> the</c><00:26:12.750><c> glory</c><00:26:12.990><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:13.349><c> Lord</c><00:26:13.569><c> as</c><00:26:13.769><c> the</c><00:26:14.049><c> waters</c><00:26:14.509><c> cover</c><00:26:15.089><c> the</c><00:26:15.349><c> sea.</c>

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That<00:26:20.930><c> is</c><00:26:21.230><c> our</c><00:26:21.490><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:26:23.650><c> the</c><00:26:23.849><c> vision</c><00:26:24.150><c> is</c><00:26:24.529><c> sure.</c><00:26:25.529><c> We</c><00:26:25.710><c> can</c><00:26:26.690><c> put</c><00:26:27.390><c> confidence</c><00:26:28.029><c> and</c><00:26:28.529><c> trust</c><00:26:28.970><c> in</c><00:26:29.450><c> it.</c>

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God<00:26:30.849><c> will</c><00:26:31.109><c> bring</c><00:26:31.309><c> about</c><00:26:31.950><c> that</c><00:26:32.529><c> promise.</c>

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We<00:26:35.009><c> need</c><00:26:35.150><c> to</c><00:26:35.269><c> be</c><00:26:35.450><c> patient</c><00:26:35.970><c> and</c><00:26:36.609><c> wait</c><00:26:36.769><c> in</c><00:26:37.029><c> faith,</c><00:26:37.549><c> but</c><00:26:37.869><c> it</c><00:26:38.049><c> will</c><00:26:38.329><c> come.</c>

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So,<00:26:46.170><c> Habakkuk</c><00:26:46.789><c> closes</c><00:26:47.789><c> this</c><00:26:50.289><c> book</c><00:26:50.609><c> with</c><00:26:50.970><c> a</c><00:26:51.349><c> prayer</c><00:26:51.630><c> or</c><00:26:52.390><c> a</c><00:26:52.569><c> psalm.</c>

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It's<00:26:53.490><c> put</c><00:26:53.650><c> to</c><00:26:53.809><c> music.</c><00:26:54.609><c> The</c><00:26:55.009><c> musical</c><00:26:55.349><c> notation</c><00:26:55.950><c> of</c><00:26:56.670><c> An</c><00:26:56.970><c> Shigyanot</c><00:26:57.690><c> is</c><00:26:58.329><c> mentioned.</c>

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It's<00:26:58.970><c> very</c><00:26:59.190><c> similar</c><00:26:59.470><c> to,</c><00:27:00.029><c> it's</c><00:27:00.289><c> just</c><00:27:00.490><c> the</c><00:27:00.690><c> plural</c><00:27:00.970><c> of</c><00:27:01.470><c> Shigayon,</c><00:27:02.089><c> which</c>

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is<00:27:03.490><c> used</c><00:27:03.730><c> in</c><00:27:04.710><c> the</c><00:27:05.549><c> heading</c><00:27:05.809><c> of</c><00:27:06.009><c> some</c><00:27:06.250><c> of</c><00:27:06.450><c> the</c><00:27:06.829><c> Psalms.</c>

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And<00:27:10.200><c> in</c><00:27:10.480><c> this</c><00:27:11.640><c> psalm,</c><00:27:13.660><c> Hezekiah</c><00:27:14.180><c> says,</c><00:27:14.819><c> Lord,</c><00:27:15.039><c> I've</c><00:27:15.279><c> heard</c><00:27:15.420><c> of</c>

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your<00:27:15.799><c> fame.</c><00:27:16.819><c> I</c><00:27:16.960><c> stand</c><00:27:17.339><c> in</c><00:27:17.759><c> awe</c><00:27:17.980><c> of</c><00:27:18.119><c> your</c><00:27:18.359><c> deeds,</c><00:27:18.940><c> O</c><00:27:19.099><c> Lord.</c>

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Hezekiah,<00:27:21.500><c> sorry,</c><00:27:21.900><c> Habakkuk</c><00:27:22.180><c> is</c><00:27:22.440><c> now</c><00:27:22.940><c> reflecting</c><00:27:23.539><c> on</c><00:27:24.000><c> what</c>

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God<00:27:24.539><c> did</c><00:27:24.799><c> in</c><00:27:25.119><c> times</c><00:27:25.420><c> past</c><00:27:25.920><c> to</c><00:27:26.160><c> deliver</c><00:27:26.380><c> his</c><00:27:26.640><c> people.</c>

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There's<00:27:28.059><c> many</c><00:27:28.519><c> Exodus</c><00:27:28.900><c> references</c><00:27:29.400><c> in</c><00:27:29.680><c> this</c><00:27:29.980><c> prayer</c><00:27:30.400><c> or</c><00:27:30.539><c> psalm.</c>

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Habakkuk<00:27:32.700><c> had</c><00:27:32.960><c> reason</c><00:27:33.339><c> to</c><00:27:33.660><c> trust</c><00:27:34.119><c> in</c><00:27:34.619><c> God's</c><00:27:35.059><c> faithfulness.</c>

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He<00:27:36.339><c> knew</c><00:27:36.619><c> that</c><00:27:36.880><c> God</c><00:27:37.220><c> heard</c><00:27:37.920><c> the</c><00:27:38.339><c> people's</c><00:27:38.839><c> cry</c><00:27:39.240><c> in</c><00:27:39.599><c> Egypt.</c>

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So<00:27:41.660><c> he</c><00:27:41.779><c> continues</c><00:27:42.259><c> in</c><00:27:42.440><c> verse</c><00:27:42.680><c> two,</c><00:27:43.619><c> repeat</c><00:27:43.619><c> them</c><00:27:43.920><c> in</c><00:27:44.200><c> our</c><00:27:44.579><c> day,</c>

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in<00:27:44.980><c> our</c><00:27:45.240><c> time,</c><00:27:45.559><c> make</c><00:27:45.779><c> them</c><00:27:46.119><c> known.</c>

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Habakkuk<00:27:47.980><c> is</c><00:27:48.259><c> praying</c><00:27:48.660><c> for</c><00:27:48.980><c> God</c><00:27:49.240><c> to</c><00:27:49.480><c> bring</c><00:27:49.619><c> about</c><00:27:50.039><c> his</c><00:27:50.339><c> miraculous</c><00:27:51.059><c> deliverance</c><00:27:51.660><c> again.</c>

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In<00:27:54.019><c> wrath,</c><00:27:55.200><c> remember</c><00:27:55.640><c> mercy.</c>

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Have<00:27:58.059><c> compassion</c><00:27:58.619><c> on</c><00:27:58.880><c> us</c><00:27:59.180><c> in</c><00:27:59.839><c> this</c><00:28:00.339><c> turbulent</c><00:28:00.799><c> time</c><00:28:01.180><c> that's</c><00:28:01.559><c> coming.</c>

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So<00:28:03.160><c> the</c><00:28:03.420><c> turmoil</c><00:28:03.700><c> of</c><00:28:03.900><c> the</c><00:28:03.960><c> coming</c><00:28:04.220><c> judgment,</c><00:28:05.240><c> Habakkuk</c><00:28:05.400><c> is</c><00:28:05.619><c> pleading</c><00:28:05.839><c> for</c><00:28:06.099><c> God</c><00:28:06.279><c> to</c>

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remember<00:28:06.859><c> them</c><00:28:07.220><c> with</c><00:28:07.779><c> compassion.</c>

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So<00:28:12.599><c> as</c><00:28:12.839><c> I</c><00:28:13.019><c> mentioned,</c><00:28:14.039><c> the</c><00:28:14.460><c> repeated</c><00:28:14.960><c> use</c><00:28:15.319><c> of</c><00:28:15.519><c> Habakkuk</c><00:28:16.440><c> in</c><00:28:17.039><c> the</c><00:28:17.180><c> New</c><00:28:17.359><c> Testament</c><00:28:17.880><c> text</c><00:28:18.579><c> points</c><00:28:19.400><c> to</c>

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it<00:28:19.799><c> being</c><00:28:20.019><c> important</c><00:28:20.660><c> for</c><00:28:20.880><c> us</c><00:28:21.180><c> today.</c>

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Just<00:28:23.579><c> looking</c><00:28:23.859><c> at</c><00:28:24.119><c> one</c><00:28:24.339><c> of</c><00:28:24.460><c> those</c><00:28:24.880><c> quotations</c><00:28:26.000><c> in</c><00:28:26.960><c> the</c><00:28:27.119><c> book</c>

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of<00:28:27.519><c> Galatians,</c><00:28:28.240><c> if</c><00:28:28.359><c> you</c><00:28:28.480><c> want</c><00:28:28.599><c> to</c><00:28:28.779><c> turn</c><00:28:28.920><c> to</c><00:28:29.119><c> Galatians</c><00:28:29.779><c> chapter</c><00:28:30.799><c> three,</c>

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we'll<00:28:32.660><c> look</c><00:28:32.740><c> at</c><00:28:32.839><c> a</c><00:28:32.960><c> few</c><00:28:33.039><c> verses</c><00:28:33.400><c> there,</c><00:28:36.180><c> beginning</c><00:28:36.319><c> in</c><00:28:36.519><c> verse</c><00:28:36.779><c> 10.</c>

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So<00:28:38.339><c> the</c><00:28:38.920><c> things</c><00:28:39.200><c> that</c><00:28:39.400><c> Habakkuk's</c><00:28:40.019><c> wrestling</c><00:28:40.299><c> with</c><00:28:40.779><c> and</c><00:28:41.400><c> God's</c><00:28:41.940><c> response</c><00:28:42.700><c> speak</c><00:28:43.380><c> to</c>

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us<00:28:44.119><c> today</c><00:28:44.579><c> as</c><00:28:45.200><c> well,</c><00:28:45.920><c> as</c><00:28:46.180><c> we've</c><00:28:46.460><c> hinted</c><00:28:46.799><c> at</c><00:28:47.019><c> so</c><00:28:47.400><c> far.</c>

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And<00:28:50.480><c> this</c><00:28:51.400><c> important</c><00:28:52.359><c> phrase</c><00:28:52.940><c> that</c><00:28:53.519><c> the</c><00:28:53.779><c> righteous</c><00:28:54.119><c> will</c><00:28:54.400><c> live</c><00:28:54.579><c> by</c>

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faith<00:28:55.359><c> or</c><00:28:55.599><c> by</c><00:28:56.319><c> its</c><00:28:56.700><c> faithfulness</c><00:28:57.299><c> or</c><00:28:57.460><c> by</c><00:28:57.740><c> God's</c><00:28:58.180><c> faithfulness,</c>

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that<00:29:00.279><c> Paul</c><00:29:00.819><c> latches</c><00:29:01.380><c> onto</c><00:29:01.799><c> and</c><00:29:02.279><c> he</c><00:29:02.480><c> uses</c><00:29:02.740><c> it</c><00:29:02.980><c> as</c><00:29:03.460><c> a</c><00:29:03.900><c> key</c><00:29:04.140><c> idea</c>

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in<00:29:04.779><c> his</c><00:29:05.019><c> theology</c><00:29:05.460><c> that</c><00:29:06.519><c> it's</c><00:29:07.180><c> really</c><00:29:07.440><c> by</c><00:29:07.799><c> faith</c><00:29:08.279><c> in</c><00:29:08.720><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:29:09.940><c> what</c><00:29:10.279><c> he's</c><00:29:10.880><c> done</c><00:29:11.160><c> for</c><00:29:11.420><c> us</c><00:29:11.660><c> and</c><00:29:11.819><c> God</c><00:29:12.019><c> has</c><00:29:12.279><c> done</c><00:29:12.440><c> through</c><00:29:12.680><c> Jesus</c><00:29:13.119><c> that</c><00:29:14.099><c> we</c>

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have<00:29:15.140><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:29:17.440><c> in</c><00:29:17.579><c> Galatians</c><00:29:17.859><c> three,</c><00:29:18.559><c> in</c><00:29:19.180><c> the</c><00:29:19.299><c> book</c><00:29:19.440><c> of</c><00:29:19.579><c> Galatians,</c><00:29:20.579><c> he's</c><00:29:20.920><c> addressing</c><00:29:21.359><c> this</c><00:29:23.140><c> false</c><00:29:24.640><c> gospel</c><00:29:25.240><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:26.079><c> Judaizers</c>

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that<00:29:27.819><c> you're</c><00:29:28.160><c> saved</c><00:29:28.480><c> by</c><00:29:28.700><c> doing</c><00:29:28.980><c> the</c><00:29:29.240><c> law</c><00:29:29.539><c> that</c><00:29:29.940><c> he's</c><00:29:31.039><c> coming</c><00:29:31.299><c> against.</c>

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And<00:29:33.380><c> in</c><00:29:33.619><c> chapter</c><00:29:33.859><c> three,</c><00:29:34.640><c> he</c><00:29:35.079><c> pulls</c><00:29:35.359><c> in</c><00:29:35.599><c> Habakkuk</c><00:29:36.099><c> as</c><00:29:36.339><c> part</c><00:29:36.519><c> of</c>

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his<00:29:36.799><c> argument.</c>

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In<00:29:38.259><c> Galatians</c><00:29:38.500><c> three,</c><00:29:38.759><c> verse</c><00:29:38.960><c> 10,</c><00:29:39.279><c> it</c><00:29:39.420><c> says,</c><00:29:39.799><c> For</c><00:29:39.799><c> all</c><00:29:40.220><c> who</c><00:29:40.460><c> rely</c><00:29:40.759><c> on</c>

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the<00:29:41.119><c> works</c><00:29:41.420><c> of</c><00:29:41.819><c> the</c><00:29:42.019><c> law</c><00:29:42.480><c> are</c><00:29:43.079><c> under</c><00:29:43.440><c> a</c><00:29:43.660><c> curse.</c>

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As<00:29:44.980><c> it</c><00:29:45.079><c> is</c><00:29:45.319><c> written,</c><00:29:45.960><c> cursed</c><00:29:46.059><c> is</c><00:29:46.279><c> everyone</c><00:29:46.640><c> who</c><00:29:46.799><c> does</c><00:29:47.140><c> not</c><00:29:47.420><c> continue</c><00:29:47.819><c> to</c>

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do<00:29:48.279><c> everything</c><00:29:49.019><c> written</c><00:29:49.539><c> in</c><00:29:49.900><c> the</c><00:29:50.039><c> book</c><00:29:50.180><c> of</c><00:29:50.359><c> the</c><00:29:50.519><c> law.</c>

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Clearly,<00:29:53.900><c> no</c><00:29:54.140><c> one</c><00:29:54.619><c> who</c><00:29:55.119><c> relies</c><00:29:55.440><c> on</c><00:29:55.640><c> the</c><00:29:55.819><c> law</c><00:29:56.279><c> is</c><00:29:56.779><c> justified</c><00:29:57.319><c> before</c><00:29:57.720><c> God,</c><00:29:58.859><c> because</c><00:29:59.599><c> the</c><00:30:00.819><c> righteous</c><00:30:01.519><c> will</c><00:30:02.359><c> live</c><00:30:02.720><c> by</c><00:30:03.160><c> faith.</c>

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Paul<00:30:07.119><c> says,</c><00:30:08.259><c> no</c><00:30:08.259><c> one.</c>

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And<00:30:10.299><c> I</c><00:30:10.420><c> read</c><00:30:10.539><c> through</c><00:30:10.759><c> these</c><00:30:10.920><c> verses</c><00:30:11.619><c> many</c><00:30:13.980><c> times</c><00:30:14.539><c> until</c><00:30:15.000><c> one</c>

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day<00:30:15.480><c> it</c><00:30:15.680><c> kind</c><00:30:15.799><c> of</c><00:30:15.960><c> hit</c><00:30:16.079><c> me</c><00:30:16.339><c> that</c><00:30:17.640><c> that</c><00:30:17.920><c> no</c><00:30:18.180><c> one</c><00:30:18.460><c> he's</c><00:30:18.799><c> talking</c><00:30:19.059><c> about,</c>

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if<00:30:20.299><c> you</c><00:30:21.160><c> follow</c><00:30:21.380><c> his</c><00:30:21.680><c> thoughts,</c><00:30:21.980><c> his</c><00:30:22.259><c> flow,</c><00:30:22.720><c> that's</c><00:30:22.960><c> where</c><00:30:23.160><c> he</c>

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goes<00:30:23.559><c> next.</c><00:30:24.000><c> I</c><00:30:24.019><c> don't</c><00:30:24.119><c> know</c><00:30:24.240><c> why</c><00:30:25.059><c> it</c><00:30:25.140><c> didn't</c><00:30:25.319><c> quite</c><00:30:25.500><c> dawn</c><00:30:25.920><c> on</c><00:30:26.099><c> me.</c>

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I<00:30:26.660><c> always</c><00:30:26.779><c> thought</c><00:30:26.940><c> Jesus</c><00:30:27.519><c> did</c><00:30:28.039><c> the</c><00:30:28.180><c> law</c><00:30:28.359><c> perfectly.</c><00:30:28.880><c> He</c><00:30:28.900><c> did.</c>

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And,<00:30:30.819><c> you</c><00:30:30.900><c> know,</c><00:30:31.039><c> God</c><00:30:32.000><c> saved</c><00:30:32.880><c> him</c><00:30:33.180><c> because</c><00:30:33.579><c> he</c><00:30:34.019><c> lived</c><00:30:34.200><c> a</c><00:30:34.380><c> perfect</c><00:30:34.640><c> life.</c>

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Well,<00:30:36.640><c> what</c><00:30:36.920><c> Paul</c><00:30:37.180><c> is</c><00:30:37.400><c> saying</c><00:30:37.519><c> here</c><00:30:38.019><c> is</c><00:30:38.400><c> he</c><00:30:38.619><c> saved</c><00:30:38.839><c> him</c><00:30:39.099><c> because</c><00:30:39.460><c> of</c><00:30:39.660><c> his</c><00:30:40.119><c> faith.</c>

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x
Even<00:30:41.799><c> Jesus.</c><00:30:42.599><c> It</c><00:30:42.819><c> wasn't</c><00:30:43.059><c> because</c><00:30:43.319><c> of</c><00:30:43.420><c> his</c><00:30:43.680><c> perfect</c><00:30:43.980><c> obedience</c><00:30:44.440><c> to</c><00:30:44.660><c> the</c>

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law,<00:30:45.079><c> because</c><00:30:45.279><c> the</c><00:30:45.480><c> law</c><00:30:45.720><c> cursed</c><00:30:46.059><c> him.</c>

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Paul<00:30:47.599><c> says</c><00:30:47.839><c> no</c><00:30:48.319><c> one</c><00:30:48.720><c> who</c><00:30:49.000><c> relies</c><00:30:49.180><c> on</c><00:30:49.339><c> the</c><00:30:49.519><c> law</c><00:30:49.680><c> is</c><00:30:49.920><c> justified</c>

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before<00:30:50.619><c> God.</c>

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Jesus<00:30:51.279><c> did</c><00:30:51.539><c> not</c><00:30:51.839><c> rely</c><00:30:52.259><c> on</c><00:30:52.500><c> the</c><00:30:52.660><c> law.</c><00:30:53.880><c> Jesus</c><00:30:54.440><c> had</c><00:30:55.059><c> his</c><00:30:55.400><c> faith</c><00:30:55.940><c> and</c><00:30:56.380><c> trust</c><00:30:56.799><c> in</c><00:30:57.240><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:30:58.339><c> where</c><00:30:58.500><c> righteousness</c><00:30:58.900><c> comes</c><00:30:59.319><c> from.</c><00:31:00.079><c> That's</c><00:31:00.380><c> where</c>

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salvation<00:31:01.579><c> comes</c><00:31:01.900><c> from,</c><00:31:02.099><c> where</c><00:31:02.299><c> life</c><00:31:02.539><c> comes</c><00:31:02.839><c> from.</c>

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So<00:31:04.759><c> not</c><00:31:04.940><c> even</c><00:31:05.119><c> Jesus,</c><00:31:05.559><c> who</c><00:31:05.720><c> perfectly</c><00:31:06.119><c> kept</c><00:31:06.359><c> the</c><00:31:06.599><c> law,</c><00:31:07.539><c> was</c><00:31:07.740><c> saved</c><00:31:07.980><c> by</c>

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the<00:31:08.420><c> law.</c>

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He<00:31:08.759><c> was</c><00:31:09.059><c> saved</c><00:31:09.319><c> by</c><00:31:09.740><c> faith,</c><00:31:11.039><c> trusting</c><00:31:11.480><c> in</c><00:31:12.460><c> God's</c><00:31:13.039><c> faithfulness.</c>

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Here<00:31:14.740><c> he</c><00:31:14.980><c> was,</c><00:31:16.079><c> suffering</c><00:31:16.380><c> at</c><00:31:17.380><c> the</c><00:31:17.599><c> hand</c><00:31:17.779><c> of</c><00:31:17.980><c> the</c><00:31:18.119><c> new</c><00:31:18.299><c> Babylon.</c>

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You<00:31:18.799><c> know,</c><00:31:19.480><c> Peter</c><00:31:19.640><c> in</c><00:31:20.140><c> 1</c><00:31:20.319><c> Peter</c><00:31:20.539><c> 5</c><00:31:21.119><c> makes</c><00:31:21.460><c> kind</c><00:31:21.680><c> of</c><00:31:22.559><c> a</c><00:31:22.759><c> code</c><00:31:23.099><c> word,</c>

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speaking<00:31:24.940><c> of</c><00:31:26.160><c> the</c><00:31:26.420><c> she</c><00:31:26.640><c> who</c><00:31:26.880><c> is</c><00:31:27.180><c> at</c><00:31:27.440><c> Babylon,</c><00:31:28.400><c> which</c><00:31:28.640><c> most</c><00:31:29.180><c> commentators</c><00:31:29.680><c> think</c><00:31:30.000><c> is</c>

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referring<00:31:30.680><c> to</c><00:31:30.920><c> Rome.</c>

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Here's<00:31:31.980><c> Jesus</c><00:31:32.819><c> suffering</c><00:31:33.559><c> at</c><00:31:33.759><c> the</c><00:31:34.000><c> hand</c><00:31:34.160><c> of</c><00:31:34.339><c> this</c><00:31:34.539><c> new</c><00:31:34.779><c> Babylon</c><00:31:35.359><c> through</c><00:31:36.079><c> the</c><00:31:36.400><c> cooperation</c><00:31:36.960><c> of</c><00:31:37.240><c> the,</c>

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of<00:31:38.519><c> the,</c><00:31:41.079><c> of</c><00:31:41.240><c> his</c><00:31:41.400><c> own</c><00:31:41.680><c> people,</c><00:31:42.359><c> the</c><00:31:42.539><c> people</c><00:31:42.680><c> of</c><00:31:42.819><c> Israel</c><00:31:43.220><c> who</c>

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were<00:31:45.220><c> living</c><00:31:45.700><c> out</c><00:31:46.039><c> this</c><00:31:46.660><c> evil</c><00:31:47.180><c> that</c><00:31:47.519><c> Habakkuk</c><00:31:47.980><c> saw.</c>

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They're<00:31:49.180><c> the</c><00:31:49.640><c> modern</c><00:31:50.240><c> equivalent</c><00:31:50.720><c> of</c><00:31:50.920><c> that</c><00:31:51.079><c> at</c><00:31:51.259><c> the</c><00:31:51.440><c> time.</c>

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In<00:31:52.059><c> fact,</c><00:31:52.279><c> Jesus</c><00:31:53.960><c> kind</c><00:31:54.440><c> of</c><00:31:55.420><c> tries</c><00:31:55.660><c> to</c><00:31:55.940><c> get</c><00:31:56.039><c> them</c><00:31:56.259><c> to</c><00:31:56.640><c> recognize</c>

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that<00:31:57.380><c> when</c><00:31:57.519><c> he</c><00:31:57.819><c> said,</c><00:31:58.220><c> you</c><00:31:58.240><c> know,</c><00:31:58.519><c> the</c><00:31:58.720><c> stones</c><00:31:59.400><c> of</c><00:32:00.700><c> the</c><00:32:00.980><c> wall.</c>

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Well,<00:32:01.440><c> he</c><00:32:01.559><c> quote,</c><00:32:01.880><c> he's</c><00:32:02.000><c> alluding</c><00:32:02.319><c> to</c><00:32:02.839><c> Habakkuk</c><00:32:03.279><c> 2</c><00:32:03.559><c> 4,</c><00:32:03.779><c> the</c><00:32:03.980><c> stones</c><00:32:04.359><c> of</c>

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the<00:32:04.779><c> wall</c><00:32:04.980><c> will</c><00:32:05.259><c> cry</c><00:32:05.579><c> out.</c>

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Jesus<00:32:06.279><c> is</c><00:32:06.559><c> saying</c><00:32:06.880><c> by,</c><00:32:08.220><c> you</c><00:32:08.279><c> know,</c><00:32:08.519><c> if,</c><00:32:08.740><c> if,</c><00:32:09.019><c> if</c><00:32:09.180><c> these</c><00:32:09.420><c> people</c>

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didn't,<00:32:10.059><c> you</c><00:32:10.579><c> know,</c><00:32:10.799><c> and</c><00:32:11.000><c> during</c><00:32:11.420><c> the,</c>

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x
what's<00:32:12.980><c> called</c><00:32:13.119><c> Palm</c><00:32:13.400><c> Sunday,</c><00:32:13.680><c> I</c><00:32:13.799><c> guess,</c><00:32:14.000><c> when</c><00:32:14.099><c> he's</c><00:32:14.640><c> riding</c>

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on<00:32:15.099><c> the,</c><00:32:15.220><c> on</c><00:32:15.359><c> the</c><00:32:15.559><c> donkey</c><00:32:15.799><c> and</c><00:32:15.940><c> the</c><00:32:16.079><c> full</c><00:32:16.200><c> of</c><00:32:16.339><c> an</c><00:32:16.519><c> ass,</c>

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he,<00:32:18.500><c> he</c><00:32:19.059><c> quotes</c><00:32:19.200><c> this</c><00:32:19.559><c> verse</c><00:32:20.019><c> saying</c><00:32:20.500><c> that,</c><00:32:21.420><c> you</c><00:32:21.980><c> know,</c><00:32:22.240><c> you</c>

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:24.420
x
have<00:32:22.980><c> to</c><00:32:23.079><c> let</c><00:32:23.200><c> these</c><00:32:23.460><c> people</c><00:32:23.740><c> cry</c><00:32:24.039><c> out.</c>

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If<00:32:24.799><c> they</c><00:32:24.980><c> don't,</c><00:32:25.220><c> the</c><00:32:25.400><c> stones</c><00:32:25.660><c> are</c><00:32:25.900><c> going</c><00:32:26.039><c> to</c><00:32:26.240><c> cry</c><00:32:26.420><c> out.</c>

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And<00:32:27.119><c> he's</c><00:32:27.460><c> referencing</c><00:32:27.859><c> this,</c><00:32:28.519><c> which</c><00:32:29.140><c> with</c><00:32:30.160><c> a</c><00:32:30.359><c> context</c><00:32:30.880><c> is</c><00:32:31.400><c> talking</c><00:32:31.700><c> about</c><00:32:32.019><c> the</c><00:32:32.880><c> evil</c><00:32:33.200><c> of</c>

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the<00:32:33.599><c> Babylonians.</c>

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So<00:32:34.400><c> Jesus</c><00:32:34.720><c> is</c><00:32:35.059><c> like</c><00:32:36.200><c> asking</c><00:32:36.640><c> them</c><00:32:36.799><c> to</c><00:32:37.079><c> think</c><00:32:37.240><c> about</c><00:32:37.519><c> just</c><00:32:37.859><c> their,</c><00:32:38.599><c> what</c>

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x
they're<00:32:39.140><c> about</c><00:32:39.400><c> to</c><00:32:39.660><c> do</c><00:32:39.940><c> in</c><00:32:40.180><c> crucifying</c><00:32:40.740><c> him</c>

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is<00:32:41.980><c> the,</c><00:32:42.960><c> is,</c><00:32:43.640><c> is</c><00:32:44.000><c> the</c><00:32:44.200><c> same</c><00:32:44.500><c> kind</c><00:32:44.759><c> of</c><00:32:44.980><c> evil</c><00:32:45.180><c> that</c><00:32:45.460><c> the</c><00:32:45.720><c> Babylonians</c><00:32:46.220><c> had.</c>

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x
So<00:32:48.000><c> there's</c><00:32:48.240><c> this</c><00:32:48.440><c> cooperation</c><00:32:48.920><c> between</c><00:32:49.319><c> the</c><00:32:49.480><c> new</c><00:32:49.660><c> Babylon</c>

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:52.299
x
and<00:32:50.339><c> the</c><00:32:50.500><c> new</c><00:32:50.720><c> unrighteous</c><00:32:51.240><c> Israelites.</c>

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x
At<00:32:52.539><c> their</c><00:32:52.880><c> hands,</c><00:32:53.319><c> Jesus</c><00:32:53.799><c> was</c><00:32:54.259><c> crucified.</c>

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x
And<00:32:56.299><c> yet</c><00:32:56.640><c> he</c><00:32:57.160><c> trusted</c><00:32:57.700><c> in</c><00:32:58.660><c> God's</c><00:32:59.119><c> faithfulness.</c><00:32:59.759><c> Jesus</c><00:33:00.140><c> had</c>

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faith<00:33:01.099><c> in</c><00:33:01.819><c> God's</c><00:33:02.299><c> faithfulness.</c>

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He<00:33:04.480><c> knew</c><00:33:04.680><c> those</c><00:33:05.000><c> promises.</c>

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He<00:33:07.400><c> knew</c><00:33:07.900><c> that</c><00:33:08.680><c> the</c><00:33:09.220><c> sacrifice</c><00:33:09.759><c> he</c><00:33:09.940><c> was</c><00:33:10.160><c> going</c><00:33:10.359><c> to</c><00:33:10.559><c> go</c><00:33:10.759><c> through</c>

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would<00:33:11.480><c> be</c><00:33:12.259><c> to</c><00:33:12.539><c> bring</c><00:33:12.680><c> about,</c>

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to<00:33:17.160><c> bring</c><00:33:17.259><c> about</c><00:33:17.259><c> their</c><00:33:17.519><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:33:19.059><c> he</c><00:33:19.200><c> knew</c><00:33:19.460><c> that</c><00:33:19.700><c> God</c><00:33:19.980><c> on</c><00:33:20.160><c> the</c><00:33:20.359><c> third</c><00:33:20.579><c> day</c><00:33:20.980><c> would</c><00:33:21.220><c> raise</c><00:33:21.480><c> him</c><00:33:21.680><c> up.</c>

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And<00:33:23.099><c> because</c><00:33:23.380><c> of</c><00:33:23.539><c> that,</c><00:33:23.779><c> he</c><00:33:23.859><c> could,</c><00:33:24.180><c> he</c><00:33:24.500><c> could</c><00:33:24.680><c> say,</c><00:33:26.099><c> my</c><00:33:26.279><c> times</c>

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are<00:33:26.779><c> in</c><00:33:26.900><c> your</c><00:33:27.119><c> hands.</c>

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He<00:33:27.740><c> could,</c><00:33:27.960><c> he</c><00:33:28.099><c> could</c><00:33:28.339><c> trust</c><00:33:29.099><c> that</c><00:33:29.779><c> God</c><00:33:31.160><c> had</c><00:33:31.599><c> him</c><00:33:31.900><c> covered</c><00:33:32.220><c> when</c><00:33:32.839><c> he</c>

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was<00:33:33.160><c> being</c><00:33:33.420><c> nailed</c><00:33:33.599><c> to</c><00:33:33.779><c> that</c><00:33:34.019><c> tree.</c>

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He<00:33:34.279><c> could</c><00:33:34.500><c> let</c><00:33:34.779><c> go</c><00:33:35.220><c> of</c><00:33:35.460><c> his</c><00:33:35.700><c> life</c><00:33:36.240><c> and</c><00:33:37.119><c> suffer</c><00:33:37.460><c> what</c><00:33:37.640><c> he</c><00:33:37.940><c> did</c><00:33:38.220><c> in</c>

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complete<00:33:39.240><c> trust</c><00:33:39.799><c> and</c><00:33:40.180><c> confidence</c>

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that<00:33:41.539><c> God</c><00:33:42.140><c> who</c><00:33:42.660><c> is</c><00:33:42.859><c> faithful</c><00:33:43.319><c> would</c><00:33:44.119><c> raise</c><00:33:44.319><c> him</c><00:33:44.500><c> up</c><00:33:44.839><c> again.</c>

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He<00:33:47.400><c> knew</c><00:33:47.839><c> those</c><00:33:48.299><c> words</c><00:33:48.640><c> of</c><00:33:48.839><c> Habakkuk.</c><00:33:49.359><c> The</c><00:33:49.480><c> revelation</c><00:33:50.079><c> awaits</c><00:33:50.539><c> the</c>

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appointed<00:33:51.019><c> time.</c>

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It<00:33:51.579><c> speaks</c><00:33:52.039><c> of</c><00:33:52.859><c> the</c><00:33:53.160><c> end</c><00:33:53.420><c> and</c><00:33:53.579><c> it</c><00:33:53.740><c> will</c><00:33:54.019><c> not</c><00:33:54.380><c> prove</c><00:33:54.720><c> false,</c><00:33:55.640><c> though</c><00:33:55.759><c> it</c><00:33:55.940><c> linger.</c>

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And<00:33:57.700><c> as</c><00:33:57.880><c> he</c><00:33:58.140><c> suffered</c><00:33:58.319><c> on</c><00:33:58.519><c> the</c><00:33:58.720><c> cross,</c><00:33:59.039><c> I'm</c><00:33:59.259><c> sure</c><00:34:00.000><c> that</c><00:34:00.680><c> he</c><00:34:00.940><c> longed</c><00:34:01.319><c> for</c>

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that<00:34:02.240><c> fulfillment</c><00:34:02.640><c> of</c><00:34:02.839><c> the</c><00:34:03.000><c> promise.</c>

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So<00:34:04.380><c> much</c><00:34:04.920><c> for</c><00:34:05.880><c> that</c><00:34:06.200><c> pain</c><00:34:06.599><c> to</c><00:34:07.140><c> go</c><00:34:07.359><c> away.</c>

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But<00:34:08.139><c> he</c><00:34:08.599><c> endured</c><00:34:09.119><c> waiting</c><00:34:09.920><c> for</c><00:34:10.280><c> it,</c><00:34:10.619><c> knowing</c><00:34:11.039><c> that</c><00:34:11.260><c> it</c><00:34:11.360><c> will</c>

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certainly<00:34:12.019><c> come.</c>

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All<00:34:14.659><c> of</c><00:34:14.820><c> those</c><00:34:15.099><c> prophecies</c><00:34:15.579><c> of</c><00:34:15.760><c> salvation</c><00:34:16.340><c> through</c><00:34:16.860><c> his</c><00:34:17.079><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:17.619><c> and</c>

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the<00:34:18.079><c> prophecy</c><00:34:18.460><c> of</c><00:34:19.000><c> his</c><00:34:19.360><c> resurrection,</c>

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he<00:34:20.400><c> knew</c><00:34:20.920><c> that</c><00:34:21.239><c> it</c><00:34:21.380><c> would</c><00:34:21.619><c> come</c><00:34:21.920><c> and</c><00:34:22.099><c> he</c><00:34:22.320><c> knew</c><00:34:22.619><c> his</c><00:34:22.920><c> God</c><00:34:23.260><c> was</c><00:34:23.579><c> faithful.</c>

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So<00:34:25.980><c> he</c><00:34:26.119><c> went</c><00:34:26.420><c> through</c><00:34:26.980><c> with</c><00:34:27.360><c> it.</c><00:34:27.980><c> He</c><00:34:28.579><c> allowed</c><00:34:28.820><c> himself</c><00:34:29.460><c> to</c><00:34:30.440><c> suffer,</c><00:34:32.000><c> to</c>

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be<00:34:32.599><c> nailed</c><00:34:32.860><c> to</c><00:34:33.039><c> the</c><00:34:33.260><c> cross,</c><00:34:34.260><c> to</c><00:34:34.539><c> die</c><00:34:34.900><c> for</c><00:34:35.179><c> us.</c>

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And<00:34:36.159><c> he</c><00:34:36.460><c> redeemed</c><00:34:36.760><c> us</c><00:34:36.980><c> from</c><00:34:37.159><c> the</c><00:34:37.400><c> curse</c><00:34:37.760><c> of</c><00:34:37.980><c> the</c><00:34:38.139><c> law</c><00:34:38.380><c> by</c><00:34:38.699><c> being</c>

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cursed<00:34:39.579><c> by</c><00:34:39.920><c> the</c><00:34:40.099><c> law,</c>

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being<00:34:41.340><c> put</c><00:34:41.659><c> on</c><00:34:42.079><c> the</c><00:34:42.360><c> tree,</c><00:34:43.460><c> being</c><00:34:43.760><c> hung</c><00:34:43.960><c> on</c><00:34:44.139><c> the</c><00:34:44.340><c> tree,</c><00:34:44.519><c> receiving</c><00:34:44.940><c> that</c><00:34:45.260><c> curse.</c>

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So<00:34:46.820><c> through</c><00:34:46.980><c> God's,</c><00:34:47.619><c> through</c><00:34:47.960><c> Jesus'</c><00:34:48.739><c> faith</c><00:34:48.900><c> in</c><00:34:49.360><c> God's</c><00:34:49.940><c> faithfulness,</c>

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he's<00:34:51.739><c> redeemed</c><00:34:52.059><c> us</c><00:34:52.739><c> and</c><00:34:53.059><c> he's</c><00:34:53.400><c> brought</c><00:34:53.559><c> us</c><00:34:53.739><c> into</c><00:34:53.960><c> the</c><00:34:54.179><c> family</c>

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of<00:34:54.940><c> people</c><00:34:55.199><c> blessed</c><00:34:55.840><c> through</c><00:34:56.659><c> Abraham.</c>

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So<00:34:59.480><c> like</c><00:34:59.699><c> Habakkuk,</c><00:35:01.599><c> we</c><00:35:02.340><c> have</c><00:35:02.579><c> to</c><00:35:02.739><c> endure</c><00:35:03.019><c> difficult</c><00:35:03.539><c> times.</c>

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We<00:35:05.119><c> have</c><00:35:05.280><c> to</c><00:35:05.420><c> see</c><00:35:05.559><c> violence</c><00:35:06.159><c> and</c><00:35:06.639><c> suffering</c><00:35:06.960><c> and</c><00:35:07.139><c> the</c><00:35:07.320><c> injustice</c><00:35:07.679><c> of</c><00:35:07.980><c> man</c>

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for<00:35:09.280><c> a</c><00:35:09.519><c> time.</c>

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But<00:35:11.099><c> like</c><00:35:11.380><c> Habakkuk</c><00:35:11.840><c> and</c><00:35:12.059><c> like</c><00:35:12.300><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:12.780><c> we</c><00:35:13.199><c> can</c><00:35:13.500><c> set</c><00:35:13.679><c> our</c><00:35:14.019><c> hope</c>

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on<00:35:14.880><c> God's</c><00:35:15.320><c> plan</c><00:35:15.599><c> to</c><00:35:15.840><c> fill</c><00:35:16.179><c> the</c><00:35:16.440><c> earth</c><00:35:16.739><c> with</c><00:35:17.059><c> the</c><00:35:17.260><c> knowledge</c><00:35:17.539><c> of</c>

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his<00:35:18.039><c> glory</c><00:35:18.579><c> as</c><00:35:18.840><c> the</c><00:35:19.039><c> waters</c><00:35:19.300><c> cover</c><00:35:19.579><c> the</c><00:35:19.840><c> sea.</c>

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We<00:35:21.360><c> can</c><00:35:21.559><c> have</c><00:35:21.820><c> faith</c><00:35:22.360><c> in</c><00:35:23.000><c> the</c><00:35:23.239><c> promise</c><00:35:23.760><c> because</c><00:35:24.179><c> the</c><00:35:24.480><c> one</c><00:35:24.739><c> who</c>

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made<00:35:25.159><c> it</c><00:35:25.579><c> is</c><00:35:26.039><c> faithful.</c>

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Let's<00:35:29.440><c> close</c><00:35:29.780><c> with</c><00:35:30.079><c> looking</c><00:35:30.280><c> at</c><00:35:30.460><c> the</c><00:35:30.599><c> last</c><00:35:31.239><c> four</c><00:35:31.639><c> verses</c><00:35:32.039><c> of</c>

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Habakkuk,<00:35:33.820><c> Chapter</c><00:35:33.980><c> 3,</c><00:35:34.380><c> beginning</c><00:35:34.639><c> in</c><00:35:34.820><c> verse</c><00:35:34.980><c> 16.</c>

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I<00:35:37.940><c> heard</c><00:35:38.480><c> and</c><00:35:39.360><c> my</c><00:35:39.519><c> heart</c><00:35:39.739><c> pounded,</c><00:35:41.059><c> my</c><00:35:41.260><c> lips</c><00:35:41.500><c> quivered</c><00:35:41.920><c> at</c><00:35:42.079><c> the</c>

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sound,<00:35:43.940><c> decay</c><00:35:44.239><c> crept</c><00:35:44.659><c> into</c><00:35:44.880><c> my</c><00:35:45.159><c> bones</c><00:35:45.440><c> and</c><00:35:45.639><c> my</c><00:35:45.880><c> legs</c><00:35:46.300><c> trembled.</c>

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Yet<00:35:49.119><c> I</c><00:35:49.360><c> wait</c><00:35:49.559><c> patiently</c><00:35:50.039><c> for</c><00:35:50.340><c> the</c><00:35:50.519><c> day</c><00:35:50.940><c> of</c><00:35:51.260><c> calamity</c><00:35:51.820><c> to</c><00:35:54.039><c> come</c>

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on<00:35:54.980><c> the</c><00:35:55.159><c> nation</c><00:35:55.460><c> invading</c><00:35:55.880><c> us.</c>

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Habakkuk<00:35:57.579><c> knew</c><00:35:58.179><c> what</c><00:35:58.900><c> was</c><00:35:59.139><c> coming.</c><00:36:00.300><c> He</c><00:36:00.500><c> knew</c><00:36:00.639><c> the</c><00:36:00.880><c> suffering</c>

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his<00:36:01.420><c> people</c><00:36:01.760><c> would</c><00:36:02.679><c> endure.</c>

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:09.500
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And<00:36:04.059><c> he</c><00:36:04.260><c> knew</c><00:36:04.619><c> that</c><00:36:05.000><c> God</c><00:36:05.219><c> would</c><00:36:05.460><c> bring</c><00:36:05.659><c> justice</c><00:36:06.079><c> on</c><00:36:06.340><c> those</c><00:36:07.500><c> Babylonians</c><00:36:08.199><c> that</c><00:36:08.360><c> were</c><00:36:08.920><c> coming</c><00:36:09.239><c> to</c>

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invade<00:36:09.739><c> them.</c>

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And<00:36:12.260><c> in</c><00:36:12.380><c> the</c><00:36:12.480><c> midst</c><00:36:12.699><c> of</c><00:36:12.860><c> this,</c><00:36:13.179><c> we</c><00:36:13.219><c> read</c><00:36:13.340><c> verse</c><00:36:13.559><c> 17,</c><00:36:14.199><c> though</c><00:36:14.659><c> the</c><00:36:15.000><c> fig</c><00:36:15.199><c> tree</c><00:36:15.820><c> does</c><00:36:16.400><c> not</c><00:36:16.699><c> bud</c><00:36:16.980><c> and</c><00:36:17.920><c> there</c><00:36:18.119><c> are</c><00:36:18.340><c> no</c>

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grapes<00:36:18.780><c> on</c><00:36:19.000><c> the</c><00:36:19.159><c> vines,</c>

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though<00:36:20.599><c> the</c><00:36:20.840><c> olive</c><00:36:21.099><c> crop</c><00:36:21.320><c> fails</c><00:36:21.840><c> and</c><00:36:22.019><c> the</c><00:36:22.239><c> fields</c><00:36:22.559><c> produce</c><00:36:23.019><c> no</c>

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food,<00:36:24.539><c> though</c><00:36:24.719><c> there</c><00:36:24.880><c> are</c><00:36:24.980><c> no</c><00:36:25.139><c> sheep</c><00:36:25.340><c> in</c><00:36:25.480><c> the</c><00:36:25.699><c> pen,</c><00:36:26.199><c> no</c><00:36:26.420><c> cattle</c>

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in<00:36:26.920><c> the</c><00:36:27.079><c> stalls,</c><00:36:27.900><c> yet</c><00:36:28.260><c> I</c><00:36:29.079><c> will</c><00:36:29.440><c> rejoice</c><00:36:30.059><c> in</c><00:36:30.360><c> the</c><00:36:30.519><c> Lord.</c>

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I<00:36:31.440><c> will</c><00:36:31.659><c> be</c><00:36:31.900><c> joyful</c><00:36:32.440><c> in</c><00:36:33.340><c> God</c><00:36:33.579><c> my</c><00:36:33.840><c> Savior.</c><00:36:35.440><c> The</c><00:36:35.659><c> sovereign</c><00:36:36.000><c> Lord</c>

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is<00:36:36.539><c> my</c><00:36:36.840><c> strength.</c>

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He<00:36:37.739><c> makes</c><00:36:37.980><c> my</c><00:36:38.340><c> feet</c><00:36:38.659><c> like</c><00:36:39.000><c> the</c><00:36:39.260><c> feet</c><00:36:39.500><c> of</c><00:36:39.739><c> a</c><00:36:39.880><c> deer.</c><00:36:40.119><c> He</c><00:36:40.380><c> enables</c>

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me<00:36:41.460><c> to</c><00:36:41.780><c> tread</c><00:36:41.940><c> on</c><00:36:42.159><c> the</c><00:36:42.340><c> heights.</c>

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In<00:36:44.960><c> the</c><00:36:45.139><c> midst</c><00:36:45.340><c> of</c><00:36:45.559><c> these</c><00:36:45.980><c> difficult</c><00:36:46.539><c> times</c><00:36:47.199><c> of</c><00:36:48.000><c> pain</c><00:36:48.380><c> and</c><00:36:48.739><c> suffering</c><00:36:49.159><c> and</c>

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hunger<00:36:50.599><c> that</c><00:36:51.880><c> often</c><00:36:52.079><c> goes</c><00:36:52.420><c> with</c><00:36:52.699><c> war,</c>

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Habakkuk<00:36:55.920><c> put</c><00:36:56.320><c> his</c><00:36:56.659><c> trust</c><00:36:57.019><c> and</c><00:36:57.739><c> was</c><00:36:57.960><c> able</c><00:36:58.219><c> to</c><00:36:58.480><c> rejoice</c><00:36:59.019><c> in</c><00:36:59.300><c> the</c>

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