¹⁷ I, too, will strike hand to hand;
    I will satisfy my fury;
    I the Lord have spoken.^(A)

¹⁵ Those who walk righteously and speak uprightly,
    who despise the gain of oppression,
who wave away a bribe instead of accepting it,
    who stop their ears from hearing of bloodshed
    and shut their eyes from looking on evil,

⁶ Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Israel,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,^[a]
because they sell the righteous for silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals—^(A)
7 they who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth
    and push the afflicted out of the way;
father and son go in to the same young woman,
    so that my holy name is profaned;^(B)
8 they lay themselves down beside every altar
    on garments taken in pledge;
and in the house of their God they drink
    wine bought with fines they imposed.^(C)

¹⁰     Can I forget^[a] the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked
    and the despicable false measure?^(A)
11 Can I tolerate wicked scales
    and a bag of dishonest weights?^(B)

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)
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
Now, I am devising against this family an evil
    from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you shall not walk arrogantly,
    for it will be an evil time.^(C)