^{1 Ref} Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

^{2 Ref} Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.

^{3 Ref} Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.

^{4 Ref} See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.