4. So the teachings are weak,and justice never comes.Evil people gain while good people lose;the judges no longer make fair decisions.
5. “Look at the nations!Watch them and be amazed and shocked.I will do something in your lifetimethat you won’t believe even when you are told about it.
6. I will use the Babylonians,those cruel and wild peoplewho march across the earthand take lands that don’t belong to them.
7. They scare and frighten people.They do what they want to doand are good only to themselves.
8. Their horses are faster than leopardsand quicker than wolves at sunset.Their horse soldiers attack quickly;they come from places far away.They attack quickly, like an eagle swooping down for food.
9. They all come to fight.Nothing can stop them.Their prisoners are as many as the grains of sand.