²³ Make a chain!^[a]
For the land is full of bloody crimes;
    the city is full of violence.^(A)

² They covet fields and seize them,
    houses and take them away;
they oppress householder and house,
    people and their inheritance.^(A)

¹⁰ They do not know how to do right, says the Lord,
    those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.^(A)

⁷ As a well keeps its water fresh,
    so she keeps fresh her wickedness;
violence and destruction are heard within her;
    sickness and wounds are ever before me.^(A)

⁹ On that day I will punish
    all who leap over the threshold,
who fill their master’s house
    with violence and fraud.^(A)

¹² Your^[a] wealthy are full of violence;
    your^[b] inhabitants speak lies
    with tongues of deceit in their mouths.

³ you who put far away the evil day
    and bring near a reign of violence?^(A)