god.23 Those who make their own strength their god (v. 11) now are ensnaring Yahweh’s people with Yahweh’s approval. The prophet portrays people as seeming to exist only for the Babylonians’ economic gratification. Worse still, the Babylonians attribute their success to their own military might. These circumstances cause the prophet to wonder if the Babylonians’ injustices will go unpunished. Whereas verse 12 portrays Yahweh as the one who actively set in place the Babylonians for judgment and