^3 (A)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
    ^(B)the prince and ^(C)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
    thus they weave it together.

^11 (A)Its heads give judgment for a bribe;
    ^(B)its priests teach for a price;
    ^(C)its prophets practice divination for money;
^(D)yet they lean on the Lord and ^(E)say,
    “Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
    ^(F)No disaster shall come upon us.”

¹⁶ For they ^(A)cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
    they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness
    ^(B)and drink the wine of violence.

¹² For I know how many are your transgressions
    and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who ^(A)take a bribe,
    and ^(B)turn aside the needy ^(C)in the gate.

^10 (A)Therefore I will give their wives to others
    and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
    everyone ^(B)is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
    everyone deals falsely.

¹⁸ When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring;
    ^(A)their rulers^[a] dearly love shame.