30 Woe to the rebellious children, says the Lord,
who carry out a plan but not mine;
who make an alliance but against my will,
    adding sin to sin;^(A)

⁵ Let me go to the rich^[a]
    and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
    the law of their God.”
But they all alike had broken the yoke;
    they had burst the bonds.^(A)

²     you are plotting destruction.
Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
    you worker of treachery.^(A)

¹ Why do the nations conspire
    and the peoples plot in vain?^(A)
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and his anointed, saying,^(B)