⁶ Let no one deceive you^(A) with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath^(B) comes on those who are disobedient.^(C)

³ And he said to me, “This is the curse^(A) that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief^(B) will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely^(C) will be banished. ⁴ The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely^(D) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.^(E)’”

¹³ “‘I will surely strike my hands^(A) together at the unjust gain^(B) you have made and at the blood^(C) you have shed in your midst.^{(D) 14} Will your courage endure^(E) or your hands^(F) be strong in the day I deal with you? I the Lord have spoken,^(G) and I will do it.^(H)

¹⁸ But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.

¹⁵ I will thrust you from my presence,^(A) just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.’^(B)

⁹ “‘Will you steal^(A) and murder,^(B) commit adultery^(C) and perjury,^[a](D) burn incense to Baal^(E) and follow other gods^(F) you have not known, ¹⁰ and then come and stand^(G) before me in this house,^(H) which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?^{(I) 11} Has this house,^(J) which bears my Name, become a den of robbers^(K) to you? But I have been watching!^(L) declares the Lord.