Baruch 3:16-18

Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ Where are the princes of the nations,
    and those who rule over the beasts on earth;
¹⁷ those who have sport with the birds of the air,
    and who hoard up silver and gold,
in which men trust,
    and there is no end to their getting;
¹⁸ those who scheme to get silver, and are anxious,
    whose labors are beyond measure?