²¹ Prepare a place to slaughter his children^(A)
    for the sins of their ancestors;^(B)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

⁸ Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.^(A)
For you have shed human blood;^(B)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.^(C)

⁹ “Woe to him who builds^(D) his house by unjust gain,^(E)
    setting his nest^(F) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
¹⁰ You have plotted the ruin^(G) of many peoples,
    shaming^(H) your own house and forfeiting your life.
¹¹ The stones^(I) 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^(J)
    and establishes a town by injustice!

⁶ In days to come Jacob will take root,^(A)
    Israel will bud and blossom^(B)
    and fill all the world with fruit.^(C)