4 Therefore, the law is ineffective and ignored And justice is never upheld, For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore, justice becomes perverted.

5 [The LORD replied,] "Look among the nations! See! Be astonished! Wonder! For I am doing something in your days— You would not believe it if you were told.

6 "For behold, I am raising up the[2] Chaldeans [who rule in[3] Babylon], That fierce and impetuous nation Who march throughout the earth To take possession of dwelling places that do not belong to them.