OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• The prophet’s cry for help (1-4)

  • “How long, O Jehovah?” (2)

  • “Why do you tolerate oppression?” (3)

• The Chaldeans, God’s tool for judgment (5-11)

• The prophet pleads with Jehovah (12-17)

  • ‘My God, you do not die’ (12)

  • ‘You are too pure to look at evil’ (13)

2

• ‘I will keep watch as to what he will speak’ (1)

• Jehovah’s answer to the prophet (2-​20)

  • ‘Keep in expectation of the vision’ (3)

  • The righteous will live by faithfulness (4)

  • Five woes for the Chaldeans (6-20)

    • Knowledge of Jehovah will fill the earth (14)

3

• The prophet prays for Jehovah to act (1-19)

  • God will save his anointed people (13)

  • Exulting in Jehovah despite distress (17, 18)