¹⁶ Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare clothing as the clay;

³ Tyre built herself a stronghold, And heaped up silver like the dust, And fine gold like the mire of the streets.

²⁷ The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

²⁴ Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

⁶ Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'

¹⁹ "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

² Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.