⁹ Listen! The Lord is calling to the city—
    and to fear your name is wisdom—
    “Heed the rod^(Z) and the One who appointed it.^[b]
10 Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,
    and the short ephah,^[c] which is accursed?^(AA)
11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,^(AB)
    with a bag of false weights?^(AC)
12 Your rich people are violent;^(AD)
    your inhabitants are liars^(AE)
    and their tongues speak deceitfully.^(AF)
13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy^(AG) you,
    to ruin^[d] you because of your sins.
¹⁴ You will eat but not be satisfied;^(AH)
    your stomach will still be empty.^[e]
You will store up but save nothing,^(AI)
    because what you save^[f] I will give to the sword.
¹⁵ You will plant but not harvest;^(AJ)
    you will press olives but not use the oil,
    you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.^(AK)
16 You have observed the statutes of Omri^(AL)
    and all the practices of Ahab’s^(AM) house;
    you have followed their traditions.^(AN)
Therefore I will give you over to ruin^(AO)
    and your people to derision;
    you will bear the scorn^(AP) of the nations.^[g]”

7 What misery is mine!
I am like one who gathers summer fruit
    at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster of grapes to eat,
    none of the early figs^(AQ) that I crave.
² The faithful have been swept from the land;^(AR)
    not one^(AS) upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait^(AT) to shed blood;^(AU)
    they hunt each other^(AV) with nets.^(AW)
3 Both hands are skilled in doing evil;^(AX)
    the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes,^(AY)
    the powerful dictate what they desire—
    they all conspire together.
⁴ The best of them is like a brier,^(AZ)
    the most upright worse than a thorn^(BA) hedge.
The day God visits you has come,
    the day your watchmen sound the alarm.
    Now is the time of your confusion.^(BB)
5 Do not trust a neighbor;
    put no confidence in a friend.^(BC)
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
    guard the words of your lips.
⁶ For a son dishonors his father,
    a daughter rises up against her mother,^(BD)
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
    a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.^(BE)

⁸ Do not gloat over me,^(BI) my enemy!
    Though I have fallen, I will rise.^(BJ)
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be my light.^(BK)
9 Because I have sinned against him,
    I will bear the Lord’s wrath,^(BL)
until he pleads my case^(BM)
    and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;^(BN)
    I will see his righteousness.^(BO)
10 Then my enemy will see it
    and will be covered with shame,^(BP)
she who said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”^(BQ)
My eyes will see her downfall;^(BR)
    even now she will be trampled^(BS) underfoot
    like mire in the streets.

¹⁴ Shepherd^(BX) your people with your staff,^(BY)
    the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
    in fertile pasturelands.^[h](BZ)
Let them feed in Bashan^(CA) and Gilead^(CB)
    as in days long ago.^(CC)