7. They trample the heads of the destituteinto the dust of the earth,and force the lowly out of the way.Son and father sleep with the same girl,profaning my holy name.
8. Upon garments taken in pledgethey recline beside any altar. Wine at treasury expensethey drink in their temples.
9. Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them,who were as tall as cedars,and as strong as oak trees.I destroyed their fruit aboveand their roots beneath.
10. It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,and who led you through the desert for forty years,to occupy the land of the Amorites;
11. I who raised up prophets among your children,and nazirites among your young men.Is this not so, Israelites?—oracle of the Lord.
12. But you made the nazirites drink wine,and commanded the prophets, “Do not prophesy!”
13. Look, I am groaning beneath you,as a wagon groans when laden with sheaves.
14. Flight shall elude the swift,and the strong shall not retain strength;The warrior shall not save his life,
15. nor shall the archer stand his ground;The swift of foot shall not escape,nor shall the horseman save his life.
16. And the most stouthearted of warriorsshall flee naked on that day—oracle of the Lord.