“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may sell grain?
And ^(A)the Sabbath,
That we may ^[a]trade wheat?
^(B)Making the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by ^(C)deceit,
⁶ That we may buy the poor for ^(D)silver,
And the needy for a pair of sandals—
Even sell the bad wheat?”

²⁶ ‘For among My people are found wicked men;
They ^(A)lie in wait as one who sets snares;
They set a trap;
They catch men.
²⁷ As a cage is full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and grown rich.

^10 (A)Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.

⁴ “I will send out the curse,” says the Lord of hosts;
“It shall enter the house of the ^(B)thief
And the house of ^(C)the one who swears falsely by My name.
It shall remain in the midst of his house
And consume ^(D)it, with its timber and stones.”

⁶ “Will not all these ^(B)take up a proverb against him,
And a taunting riddle against him, and say,
‘Woe to him who increases
What is not his—how long?
And to him who loads himself with ^[b]many pledges’?
⁷ Will not ^[c]your creditors rise up suddenly?
Will they not awaken who oppress you?
And you will become their booty.
^8 (C)Because you have plundered many nations,
All the remnant of the people shall plunder you,
Because of men’s ^[d]blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.

⁹ “Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house,
That he may ^(D)set his nest on high,
That he may be delivered from the ^[e]power of disaster!
¹⁰ You give shameful counsel to your house,
Cutting off many peoples,
And sin against your soul.
¹¹ For the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the beam from the timbers will answer it.

⁷ “A cunning ^[a]Canaanite!
^(A)Deceitful scales are in his hand;
He loves to oppress.
⁸ And Ephraim said,
^(B)‘Surely I have become rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors
They shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.’