“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand
⁴³ until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”’^[a](C)

“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.^(A)
11 They will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.^(B)
12 You will roll them up like a robe;
    like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,^(C)
    and your years will never end.”^[a](D)

“Sit at my right hand^(E)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool^(F) for your feet”^[b]?^(G)

19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.^(A)

² Desire without knowledge is not good—
    how much more will hasty feet miss the way!^(B)

³ A person’s own folly^(C) leads to their ruin,
    yet their heart rages against the Lord.^(D)

⁴ Wealth attracts many friends,
    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.^(E)

⁵ A false witness^(F) will not go unpunished,^(G)
    and whoever pours out lies will not go free.^(H)

⁶ Many curry favor with a ruler,^(I)
    and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.^(J)

⁷ The poor are shunned by all their relatives—
    how much more do their friends avoid them!^(K)
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,
    they are nowhere to be found.^[a](L)

⁸ The one who gets wisdom loves life;
    the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.^(M)

⁹ A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and whoever pours out lies will perish.^(N)

¹⁰ It is not fitting for a fool^(O) to live in luxury—
    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!^(P)

¹¹ A person’s wisdom yields patience;^(Q)
    it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

¹² A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion,^(R)
    but his favor is like dew^(S) on the grass.^(T)

¹³ A foolish child is a father’s ruin,^(U)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.^(V)

¹⁴ Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,^(W)
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.^(X)

⁴ “I will make mere youths their officials;
    children will rule over them.”^(K)

⁵ People will oppress each other—
    man against man, neighbor against neighbor.^(L)
The young will rise up against the old,
    the nobody against the honored.

⁶ A man will seize one of his brothers
    in his father’s house, and say,
“You have a cloak, you be our leader;
    take charge of this heap of ruins!”
⁷ But in that day^(M) he will cry out,
    “I have no remedy.^(N)
I have no food^(O) or clothing in my house;
    do not make me the leader of the people.”^(P)

⁸ Jerusalem staggers,
    Judah is falling;^(Q)
their words^(R) and deeds^(S) are against the Lord,
    defying^(T) his glorious presence.
⁹ The look on their faces testifies^(U) against them;
    they parade their sin like Sodom;^(V)
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    They have brought disaster^(W) upon themselves.

¹⁰ Tell the righteous it will be well^(X) with them,
    for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.^(Y)
11 Woe to the wicked!^(Z)
    Disaster^(AA) is upon them!
They will be paid back^(AB)
    for what their hands have done.^(AC)

¹² Youths^(AD) oppress my people,
    women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;^(AE)
    they turn you from the path.

¹³ The Lord takes his place in court;^(AF)
    he rises to judge^(AG) the people.
¹⁴ The Lord enters into judgment^(AH)
    against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
    the plunder^(AI) from the poor^(AJ) is in your houses.
¹⁵ What do you mean by crushing my people^(AK)
    and grinding^(AL) the faces of the poor?”^(AM)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.^(AN)

¹⁶ The Lord says,
    “The women of Zion^(AO) are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,^(AP)
    flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
    with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
¹⁷ Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;
    the Lord will make their scalps bald.^(AQ)”

²⁴ Instead of fragrance^(BA) there will be a stench;^(BB)
    instead of a sash,^(BC) a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;^(BD)
    instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;^(BE)
    instead of beauty,^(BF) branding.^(BG)
25 Your men will fall by the sword,^(BH)
    your warriors in battle.^(BI)
26 The gates^(BJ) of Zion will lament and mourn;^(BK)
    destitute,^(BL) she will sit on the ground.^(BM)

³ “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.^(CU)
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?^(CV)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?^(CW)
5 Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
    and it will be destroyed;^(CX)
I will break down its wall,^(CY)
    and it will be trampled.^(CZ)
6 I will make it a wasteland,^(DA)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns^(DB) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain^(DC) on it.”

⁷ The vineyard^(DD) of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,^(DE) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,^(DF) but heard cries of distress.^(DG)

“Surely the great houses will become desolate,^(DL)
    the fine mansions left without occupants.
¹⁰ A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath^[d] of wine;
    a homer^[e] of seed will yield only an ephah^[f] of grain.”^(DM)

¹¹ Woe^(DN) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.^(DO)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes^(DP) and timbrels^(DQ) and wine,
but they have no regard^(DR) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.^(DS)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile^(DT)
    for lack of understanding;^(DU)
those of high rank^(DV) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.^(DW)
14 Therefore Death^(DX) expands its jaws,
    opening wide its mouth;^(DY)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
    with all their brawlers and revelers.^(DZ)
15 So people will be brought low^(EA)
    and everyone humbled,^(EB)
    the eyes of the arrogant^(EC) humbled.
¹⁶ But the Lord Almighty will be exalted^(ED) by his justice,^(EE)
    and the holy God will be proved holy^(EF) by his righteous acts.
¹⁷ Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;^(EG)
    lambs will feed^[g] among the ruins of the rich.

¹⁸ Woe^(EH) to those who draw sin along with cords^(EI) of deceit,
    and wickedness^(EJ) as with cart ropes,
¹⁹ to those who say, “Let God hurry;
    let him hasten^(EK) his work
    so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One^(EL) of Israel—
    let it approach, let it come into view,
    so we may know it.”^(EM)

²⁰ Woe^(EN) to those who call evil good^(EO)
    and good evil,^(EP)
who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,^(EQ)
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter.^(ER)

²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes^(ES)
    and clever in their own sight.

²² Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine^(ET)
    and champions at mixing drinks,^(EU)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,^(EV)
    but deny justice^(EW) to the innocent.^(EX)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire^(EY) lick up straw^(EZ)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay^(FA)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;^(FB)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word^(FC) of the Holy One^(FD) of Israel.
²⁵ Therefore the Lord’s anger^(FE) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,^(FF)
    and the dead bodies^(FG) are like refuse^(FH) in the streets.^(FI)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,^(FJ)
    his hand is still upraised.^(FK)

²⁶ He lifts up a banner^(FL) for the distant nations,
    he whistles^(FM) for those at the ends of the earth.^(FN)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
²⁷ Not one of them grows tired^(FO) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt^(FP) is loosened at the waist,^(FQ)
    not a sandal strap is broken.^(FR)
28 Their arrows are sharp,^(FS)
    all their bows^(FT) are strung;
their horses’ hooves^(FU) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.^(FV)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,^(FW)
    they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize^(FX) their prey
    and carry it off with no one to rescue.^(FY)
30 In that day^(FZ) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.^(GA)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness^(GB) and distress;^(GC)
    even the sun will be darkened^(GD) by clouds.