4. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.
5. “Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.
6. For, behold, I raise up the Kasdim, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
7. They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.