⁷ They trample on the heads of the poor
    as on the dust of the ground
    and deny justice to the oppressed.
Father and son use the same girl
    and so profane my holy name.^(A)
8 They lie down beside every altar
    on garments taken in pledge.^(B)
In the house of their god
    they drink wine^(C) taken as fines.^(D)

⁹ “Yet I destroyed the Amorites^(E) before them,
    though they were tall^(F) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.^(G)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots^(H) below.