"Aren't you eternal, Lord my God, my Holy One? We won't be destroyed completely. Lord, you've appointed them as your instrument of judgment. You, our Rock, have established them to correct us.
But your eyes are too pure to approve of evil. You can't just look at wrongdoing and be fine with it. So why are you silent while treacherous people run wild? Why do you stand by while the wicked devour people who are more righteous than they are?
You've made people like fish in the sea — like creatures with no one to protect them. The enemy drags them all up with hooks, hauls them in with nets, scoops them up in draglines — and celebrates. He's thrilled. He's having the time of his life.
So he worships his net. He makes offerings to his fishing gear — because that's what keeps him living large, eating well.
Is he just going to keep emptying that net forever? Is he going to keep slaughtering nations without end?"