At that time the Babylonians had defeated the Assyrians and became the most powerful nation in the world “The weight that the prophet Habakkuk saw. How long, LORD, will I cry, and you will not hear me? I will shout to you: Violence! and will you not save? Why do you show me iniquity, and make me see oppression? For destruction and violence are before me, and there are also those who stir up strife and litigation. For this cause the law is relaxed, and justice never manifests itself; for the wicked surrounds the righteous, and justice appears distorted. Look among the Gentiles, and look, and marvel, and be astonished; for I will perform a work in your days that you will not believe when it is told” (Hab 1:1:5).