I. Habakkuk’s Dialogue with Yahweh (1:1–17)

A. Yahweh, Why Do You Tolerate Wrong? (1:1–4)

B. Look, I Am Raising Up the More Wicked Babylonians (1:5–11)

C. Yahweh, Why Do You Tolerate the More Treacherous? (1:12–17)

II. Yahweh’s Revelation (2:1–20)

A. Watching for and Receiving a Revelation (2:1–3)

B. Two Ways: Faith or Puffed-Up Desire (2:4–5)

C. Five Future Woes for the Puffed Up from the Survivors (2:6–20)

1. Your Victims Will Make You Tremble (2:6b–8).

2. Wall-Stones and Woodwork Will Cry Out Against You (2:9–11)

3. Exhaustion of Bloodshed and the Knowledge of Glory (2:12–14)

4. Exposure to the Terror of Trees and Animals (2:15–17)

5. Lifeless, Breathless, and Silent Idols (2:18–20)

III. A Song to Yahweh (3:1–19)

A. Renew Your Fame and Your Deeds, O Yahweh (3:1–2)

B. In Days of Old, God Came Forth (3:3–8)

C. You Uncovered Your Bow and Arrows (3:9–13a)

D. You Crushed the Leader of Wickedness (3:13b–15)

E. The Fear, Faith, and Joy of Habakkuk (3:16–19)