¹⁸ That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

¹⁵ He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

¹⁰ His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

¹² The time is come, the day draws near: don't let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all the multitude of it.

⁷ For they sow the wind, And they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

⁸ Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.

¹ Don't rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; For you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.

⁴ Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, And cause the poor of the land to fail,

¹³ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

²⁴ You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

⁸ Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

⁹ Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

¹⁶ All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

⁴⁴ I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more to him: yes, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

²⁵ If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

²⁹ "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

¹² Let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down into the pit.

⁷ The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

⁸ The mirth of tambourines ceases, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases.

⁹ They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

¹⁰ The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

¹¹ There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

¹⁵ What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has worked lewdness [with] many, and the holy flesh is passed from you? when you do evil, then you rejoice.

¹⁶ Yahweh called your name, A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and the branches of it are broken.

¹³ Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire;

¹⁷ But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

³⁴ Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he has cast me out.

⁵ That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?