12 But are you not of old, the Lord my God, my Holy One? we won't die! You, Lord, only allowed him to judge. My rock! for punishment You appointed him. (The prophet still believes that Yahweh will not allow the final death of the "chosen" people).
13 It is not for your pure eyes to look at evil deeds, and you cannot look at oppression; why do you look at the villains and remain silent when the wicked swallows the one who is more righteous than him, ("The prophet depicts the situation, as if indicating the years of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon – the time of the apogee of the power of Babylonia. And complaints about internal unrest and lawlessness in the country may, perhaps, serve as evidence that the prophet was at that time in his homeland.This part of the prophecy, most likely, refers to the reign of King Joachim, that is, shortly before the first captivity in 597. It is noteworthy that Habakkuk, as if repeating Jeremiah , turn to Yahweh with the same timid question about the incomprehensible, unfair attitude of God towards people").