¹⁹ Such is the end^[a] of all who are greedy for gain;
    it takes away the life of its possessors.^(A)

²⁷ Those greedy for unjust gain make trouble for their households,
    but those who hate bribes will live.^(A)

¹⁰ who build Zion with blood
    and Jerusalem with wrong!^(A)
11 Its rulers give judgment for a bribe;
    its priests teach for a price;
    its prophets give oracles for money;
yet they lean upon the Lord and say,
    “Surely the Lord is with us!
    No harm shall come upon us.”^(B)
12 Therefore because of you
    Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
    and the mountain of the temple a wooded height.^(C)

2 Woe to those who devise wickedness
    and evil deeds^[a] on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
    because it is in their power.^(A)
2 They covet fields and seize them,
    houses and take them away;
they oppress householder and house,
    people and their inheritance.^(B)
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
Now, I am devising against this family an evil
    from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you shall not walk arrogantly,
    for it will be an evil time.^(C)

¹⁷ But your eyes and heart
    are only on your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
    and for practicing oppression and violence.^(A)