Troubled by the evil deeds of his countrymen, the prophet Jeremiah of the seventh century B.C.E. asked: “Why is it that the way of wicked ones is what has succeeded, that all those who are committing treachery are the unworried ones? ”
( યિર્મેયાહ ૧૨: ૧) અયૂબ અને યિર્મેયાહને પૂરી શ્રદ્ધા હતી કે ઈશ્વર અન્યાયી નથી.