1:3 Why do you force me to witness injustice?
Why do you put up with wrongdoing?
Destruction and violence confront
conflict is present and one must endure strife.
2:1 I will stand at my watch post;
I will remain stationed on the city wall.
I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me
and can know
when he counters my argument.
1:1 The following is the message
1:5 “Look at the nations and pay attention!
You will be shocked and amazed!
For I will do something in your lifetime
that you will not believe even though you are forewarned.
3:7 I see the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble;
the tent curtains of the land of Midian are shaking.
2:19 The one who says to wood, ‘Wake up!’ is as good as dead
he who says
Can it give reliable guidance?
It is overlaid with gold and silver;
it has no life’s breath inside it.
2:4 Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion,
but the person of integrity
1:6 Look, I am about to empower
that ruthless
They sweep across the surface
seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.
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.
3:3 God comes
the sovereign
His splendor covers the skies,
his glory
3:10 When the mountains see you, they shake.
The torrential downpour sweeps through.
The great deep
it lifts its hands high.
1:13 You are too just
you are unable to condone
So why do you put up with such treacherous people?
Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour