^30 (A)I passed by the field of a sluggard,
    by the vineyard of a man ^(B)lacking sense,
³¹ and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
    the ground was covered with nettles,
    and its stone ^(C)wall was broken down.
³² Then I saw and ^(D)considered it;
    I looked and received instruction.
^33 (E)A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest,
³⁴ and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want like an armed man.

⁴ Hear this, ^(A)you who trample on the needy
    and bring the poor of the land to an end,
⁵ saying, “When will ^(B)the new moon be over,
    that we may sell grain?
And ^(C)the Sabbath,
    that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make ^(D)the ephah small and the shekel^[a] great
    and deal deceitfully with false balances,
⁶ that we may buy the poor for ^(E)silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals
    and sell the chaff of the wheat?”

⁷ The Lord has sworn by ^(F)the pride of Jacob:
“Surely ^(G)I will never forget any of their deeds.
^8 (H)Shall not the land tremble on this account,
    and everyone mourn who dwells in it,
^(I)and all of it rise like the Nile,
    and be tossed about ^(J)and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?”

10 Woe to those who ^(A)decree iniquitous decrees,
    and the writers who ^(B)keep writing oppression,
² to turn aside the needy from justice
    and ^(C)to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
    and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
³ What will you do on ^(D)the day of punishment,
    in the ruin that will come ^(E)from afar?
To whom will you flee for help,
    and where will you leave your wealth?