1:3 Why do you force me to witness injustice?
Why do you put up with wrongdoing?
Destruction and violence confront me;
conflict is present and one must endure strife.
1:9 All of them intend to do violence;
every face is determined.
They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand.
1:11 They sweep by like the wind and pass on.
But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.”
2:2 The Lord responded:
“Write down this message! Record it legibly on tablets,
so the one who announces it may read it easily.
2:4 Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion,
but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.
2:12 The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead –
he who starts a town by unjust deeds.
3:3 God comes from Teman,
the sovereign one from Mount Paran. Selah.
His splendor covers the skies,
his glory fills the earth.