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Why do you let me see wrong things?
    Why do you put up with evil?
People are destroying things and hurting others while I am looking.
    They are arguing and fighting.
People are not forced to obey the teachings.
    No one receives a fair trial.
Evil people gain while good people lose.
    The judges no longer make fair decisions.

The Lord Answers

“You and your people, look at the nations!
    Watch them and be amazed.
I will do something in your lifetime that will amaze you.
    You won’t believe it even when you are told about it.

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Why do you make me look at injustice?
    Why do you tolerate(A) wrongdoing?(B)
Destruction and violence(C) are before me;
    there is strife,(D) and conflict abounds.
Therefore the law(E) is paralyzed,
    and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
    so that justice(F) is perverted.(G)

The Lord’s Answer

“Look at the nations and watch—
    and be utterly amazed.(H)
For I am going to do something in your days
    that you would not believe,
    even if you were told.(I)

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