²⁴ A judge who says to the wicked, “You are innocent,”
    will be cursed by many people and denounced by the nations.

¹⁵ Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent—
    both are detestable to the Lord.

²³ They take bribes to let the wicked go free,
    and they punish the innocent.

²⁶ People curse those who hoard their grain,
    but they bless the one who sells in time of need.

²⁷ Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
    but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.

¹⁰ I will give their wives to others
    and their farms to strangers.
From the least to the greatest,
    their lives are ruled by greed.
Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that.
    They are all frauds.
¹¹ They offer superficial treatments
    for my people’s mortal wound.
They give assurances of peace
    when there is no peace.

¹³ “From the least to the greatest,
    their lives are ruled by greed.
From prophets to priests,
    they are all frauds.
¹⁴ They offer superficial treatments
    for my people’s mortal wound.
They give assurances of peace
    when there is no peace.

²⁴ And as they go out, they will see
    the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me.
For the worms that devour them will never die,
    and the fire that burns them will never go out.
All who pass by
    will view them with utter horror.”