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)

⁴ No one brings suit justly;
    no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas; they speak lies,
    conceiving mischief and bearing iniquity.^(A)

2 Woe to those who devise wickedness
    and evil deeds^[a] on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
    because it is in their power.^(A)
2 They covet fields and seize them,
    houses and take them away;
they oppress householder and house,
    people and their inheritance.^(B)

⁴ They plot mischief while on their beds;
    they are set on a way that is not good;
    they do not reject evil.^(A)