⁹ Otherwise, I might have too much^(A)
and deny you,^(B) saying, “Who is the Lord?” ^(C)
or I might have nothing and steal,^(D)
profaning^[a] the name of my God.^(E)

⁹ They are a rebellious people,
deceptive children,^(A)
children who do not want to listen to the Lord’s instruction.

¹³ transgression and deception against the Lord,
turning away from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.

¹² They have contradicted the Lord
and insisted, “It won’t happen.^[a](A)
Harm won’t come to us;
we won’t see sword or famine.”

² Cursing,^(A) lying,^(B) murder,^(C) stealing,^(D)
and adultery^(E) are rampant;
one act of bloodshed follows another.^(F)

³ They please the king with their evil,^(A)
the princes with their lies.^(B)

² Threshing floor and wine vat will not sustain them,^(A)
and the new wine will fail them.

3 Woe to the city of blood,^(A)
totally deceitful,
full of plunder,
never without prey.^(B)