^{7 Ref} Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

^{8 Ref} `seek him' that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);

^{9 Ref} that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

^{10 Ref} They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

^{11 Ref} Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

^{12 Ref} For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate `from their right'.