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.
2:13 Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed:
The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke;
their exhausting work will be for nothing.
2:14 For recognition of the Lord’s sovereign majesty will fill the earth
just as the waters fill up the sea.