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Ah! you who pursue evil gain for your household,
    setting your nest on high
    to escape the reach of misfortune!
10 You have devised shame for your household,
    cutting off many peoples, forfeiting your own life;
11 For the stone in the wall shall cry out,[a]
    and the beam in the frame shall answer it!

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Footnotes

  1. 2:11–12 The palaces, built at the expense of gross injustice (vv. 6–10), call down vengeance on their builders. This is typical prophetic language for the condemnation of social crimes within Israel and Judah.