⁵ “Moreover, wine^[a] is ^(A)a traitor,
    an arrogant man who is never at rest.^[b]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
    like death ^(B)he has never enough.
^(C)He gathers for himself all nations
    and collects as his own all peoples.”

^(E)“Woe to him ^(F)who heaps up what is not his own—
    for ^(G)how long?—
    and ^(H)loads himself with pledges!”
^7 (I)Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
    and those awake who will make you tremble?
    Then you will be spoil for them.
^8 (J)Because you have plundered many nations,
    all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
^(K)for the blood of man and ^(L)violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.

^9 (M)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
    ^(N)to ^(O)set his nest on high,
    to be safe from the reach of harm!
¹⁰ You have devised shame for your house
    ^(P)by cutting off many peoples;
    you have forfeited your life.
¹¹ For ^(Q)the stone will cry out from the wall,
    and the beam from the woodwork respond.

⁷ A merchant, in whose hands are ^(A)false balances,
    he loves ^(B)to oppress.
⁸ Ephraim has said, “Ah, but ^(C)I am rich;
    I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors ^(D)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”