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11 The very stones in the walls of your homes cry out against you, and the beams in the ceilings echo what they say.

12 “Woe to you who build cities with money gained from murdering and robbery! 13 Has not the Lord decreed that godless nations’ gains will turn to ashes in their hands? They work so hard, but all in vain!

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11 The stones(A) of the wall will cry out,
    and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed(B)
    and establishes a town by injustice!
13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,(C)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?(D)

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