Habakkuk 1:12
Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
The verse affirms that God is everlasting and holy, the Lord and the Holy One. For that reason his people can trust him even when facing the coming judgment and its immediate horrors. The declaration that they shall not die expresses faith that, despite those horrors, God's purpose for his people will still be fulfilled. It entrusts the speaker himself and every believing Israelite to God's compassionate care, trusting that his promises of love will hold them fast through the threatening future. In this way it affirms that every believing Israelite remains in the care of a compassionate God.