What causes the wicked to despise God? The Lord has left the world and gone His way, and you have seen how the wicked labor and anger You with their deeds. You have seen how the wicked come and destroy Your Temple, drive Israel from their land, and put them into captivity. You have the power to take revenge, and yet You showed mercy to Isaac by saying, "From the fat of the land your dwelling shall be."
The kingdom of the heathen tells Israel to bring their yoke, and he responds, "I am an orphan and a stranger." She says, "Have you heard of me? I am a widow." Go to the God of Jacob and plead with Him, for it is written, "A father to the fatherless and a judge of the widows is God in His holy habitation."
When Romulus and Remus died, their mother met a wolf and nursed them. They grew up and built two great empires in Rome. You helped the orphan. Furthermore, you saw with your own eyes how Nebuchadnezzar, the wicked one, came and destroyed Your Temple, drove Israel from their land, and put them into captivity.
You have the power to take revenge, and yet You showed mercy to Jeremiah by saying, "They will serve him and his sons and his grandsons." The kingdom of the heathen will take Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah tomorrow and throw them into the fiery furnace, saying, "Who is the god that will deliver you out of my hands?" You helped the orphan. Only one orphan girl remained, and two nations fought over her, a kingdom that was not hers.
As it is written, "And also Queen Vashti." What is written afterward? "The broken arm of the wicked shall be found no more." They will have no more justification....