Habakkuk 1-2:1 "The Deep Dilemma"

We actually know very little about the person of Habakkuk. We can deduct from his
book that he prophesied to the southern kingdom of Judah. We also know (from his
writing) that it was in a period of national spiritual decline.
It would seem (based upon the fact that God tells him that He will use the brutality
of the Babylonians to bring correction) that he prophesied some time after King Josiah
(who was the last good king of Judah), probably during the reign of his son, Jehoiakim. His
reign was one of disintegration, deterioration & degradation. The people were turning
away from the law.