7. But before you know it, you that have conquered others will be in debt yourselves and be forced to pay interest. Enemies will come and make you tremble. They will plunder you!
8. You have plundered the people of many nations, but now those who have survived will plunder you because of the murders you have committed and because of your violence against the people of the world and its cities.
9. You are doomed! You have made your family rich with what you took by violence, and have tried to make your own home safe from harm and danger!
10. But your schemes have brought shame on your family; by destroying many nations you have only brought ruin on yourself.
11. Even the stones of the walls cry out against you, and the rafters echo the cry.
12. You are doomed! You founded a city on crime and built it up by murder.
13. The nations you conquered wore themselves out in useless labour, and all they have built goes up in flames. The Lord Almighty has done this.
14. But the earth will be as full of the knowledge of the Lord's glory as the seas are full of water.
15. You are doomed! In your fury you humiliated and disgraced your neighbours; you made them stagger as though they were drunk.
16. You in turn will be covered with shame instead of honour. You yourself will drink and stagger. The Lord will make you drink your own cup of punishment, and your honour will be turned to disgrace.
17. You have cut down the forests of Lebanon; now you will be cut down. You killed its animals; now animals will terrify you. This will happen because of the murders you have committed and because of your violence against the people of the world and its cities.