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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Hebrews 10:37-38 → Habakkuk 2:3-4

Quotation

Later text

Hebrews 10:37-38BSB

For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay. But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

Earlier text

Habakkuk 2:3-4BSB

For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay. Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—

Significance

Hebrews 10:37-38 quotes Habakkuk 2:3-4 with significant adaptation: "For yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay; but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him." In the original context, Habakkuk 2:3-4 answered the prophet's complaint about injustice: the vision of divine judgment on the wicked is certain — "it will surely come" — and in the meantime "the righteous shall live by his faithfulness" (be'emunato yichyeh). The LXX translated this as "the righteous one shall live by my faithfulness/faith," and the NT authors used it as a foundational text for justification by faith (Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11). Hebrews personalizes the "coming" — what was in Habakkuk a coming vision or event becomes "the coming one" (ho erchomenos), a messianic title identifying Christ's parousia. The application is pastoral: just as Habakkuk's community had to persevere in faith while awaiting God's vindication, so the Hebrews community must persevere "by faith" while awaiting Christ's return. This quotation launches the great faith chapter of Hebrews 11, making Habakkuk 2:4 the programmatic text for the entire argument.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme

Linked Mentions 2

Intertextuality Pairs 1

Hebrews 10:37-38 to Isaiah 26:20

Anchor Texts 1

Habakkuk 2:4 — The Righteous Shall Live by Faith