¹¹ Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
    are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
    and in the end they will prove to be fools.^(A)

²⁰ A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.^(A)

⁶ A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.^[a](A)

²⁷ The greedy bring ruin to their households,
    but the one who hates bribes will live.^(A)

⁹ On that day I will punish
    all who avoid stepping on the threshold,^[a](A)
who fill the temple of their gods
    with violence and deceit.^(B)

“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
    and makes himself wealthy by extortion!^(B)
    How long must this go on?’
⁷ Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
    Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
    Then you will become their prey.^(C)
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.^(D)
For you have shed human blood;^(E)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.^(F)

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