⁷ Whoever found them devoured^(A) them;
    their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,^(B)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
    the Lord, the hope^(C) of their ancestors.’

⁸ Ephraim boasts,^(A)
    “I am very rich; I have become wealthy.^(B)
With all my wealth they will not find in me
    any iniquity or sin.”