Habakkuk

Habakkuk is unique because he does not speak to the people; he speaks to God. The prophet looks at the violence in his own country and asks, "God, why do you not do something?" God answers that He is using the Babylonians to judge Israel, which horrifies Habakkuk even more.

He climbs a watchtower to wait for an answer, eventually learning that the righteous must live by faith. Habakkuk learned to trust in silence, but the next prophet breaks that silence with a roaring message about the Day of the Lord in Zephaniah.