¹² “Though wickedness is sweet in their mouth,
    though they hide it under their tongues,^(G)
13 though they are loath to let it go
    and hold it in their mouths,
¹⁴ yet their food is turned in their stomachs;
    it is the venom of asps within them.
¹⁵ They swallow down riches and vomit them up again;
    God casts them out of their bellies.
¹⁶ They will suck the poison of asps;
    the tongue of a viper will kill them.^(H)
17 They will not look on the rivers,
    the streams flowing with honey and curds.^(I)
18 They will give back the fruit of their toil
    and will not swallow it down;
from the profit of their trading
    they will get no enjoyment.^(J)
19 For they have crushed and abandoned the poor;
    they have seized a house that they did not build.^(K)

²⁰ “For they knew no quiet in their bellies;
    in their greed they let nothing escape.^(L)
21 There was nothing left after they had eaten;
    therefore their prosperity will not endure.^(M)
22 In full sufficiency they will be in distress;
    all the force of misery will come upon them.
²³ To fill their belly to the full,
    God^[a] will send his fierce anger into them
    and rain it upon them as their food.^(N)
24 They will flee from an iron weapon;
    a bronze arrow will strike them through.^(O)
25 It is drawn forth and comes out of their body,
    and the glittering point comes out of their gall;
    terrors come upon them.^(P)
26 Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures;
    a fire fanned by no one will devour them;
    what is left in their tent will be consumed.^(Q)
27 The heavens will reveal their iniquity,
    and the earth will rise up against them.^(R)
28 The possessions of their house will be carried away,
    dragged off in the day of God’s^[b] wrath.^(S)
29 This is the portion of the wicked from God,
    the heritage decreed for them by God.”^(T)