^{6 Ref} Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Wo `to' him who is multiplying `what is' not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

^{7 Ref} Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?

^{8 Ref} Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence `to' the land, `To' the city, and `to' all dwelling in it.

^{9 Ref} Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

^{10 Ref} Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful `is' thy soul.

^{11 Ref} For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.

^{12 Ref} Wo `to' him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.