“Yahweh, how long will I cry out.” The book of Habakkuk starts out with Habakkuk talking to God, but the dialogue goes back and forth, changing without warning, so the reader has to pay close attention to the context. God answers Habakkuk starting in Habakkuk 1:5, and then in Habakkuk 1:12 the prophet begins to speak back to God again, which continues to the end of the chapter.