1:9 When God has nowhere to turn

From a literary perspective, the character of YHWH is presented as someone who does not exert absolute control over human affairs. He is not presented in the text as being a chess player who moves people as pawns on the board of human history. Time and time again we’ve seen how he set his hope on individuals and communities, and how he was let down. When the people that he was counting upon to accomplish his plans let him down, where can he turn?