The prophet Habakkuk lived in Judah toward the end of king Josiah's reign (640-609 B.C.) or at the beginning of king Jehoiakim's (609-598). He was a contemporary of Jeremiah. While this book relates a conversation between Habakkuk and God, its audience is the people of Judah. Mentioned in the book are the Babylonians, the great power to the north that would be used by God to punish sinful Judah.
