A Prophet Who Asks “Why?” Habakkuk lived in the final years before the Babylonian invasion of Judah, around 600 BC. Violence, corruption, and injustice filled the land. And Habakkuk saw it. But instead of speaking first to the people, he spoke to the Lord: “O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear?”— Habakkuk 1:2 This is not unbelief. This is faith that is struggling to understand.