The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
Wherfore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;