so that godless men should not rule, nor lay snares for people.
But they did not listen, so Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations that Adonai had destroyed before Bnei-Yisrael.
that the triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?
Can someone who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the mighty, righteous One?
“For His eyes are on the ways of man; He sees all his steps.
“But if He is quiet, who can condemn Him? If He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He is over a nation and an individual alike,
“Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have born chastisement, but I will not act wickedly any more.
But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, and from the clutches of the mighty.
You will keep us safe, Adonai. You will protect us from this generation forever.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
I give you a king in My anger, and take him away in My wrath.
Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed by judgment, for he willingly followed a worthless thing.
Now, you observe the statutes of Omri and every practice of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels. Therefore I will make you a horror, and her inhabitants a hissing, so you will bear the scorn of My people.