1. Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.
2. Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten,
3. your gold and silver have corroded, and that corrosion will be a testimony against you; it will devour your flesh like a fire. You have stored up treasure for the last days.
4. Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
5. You have lived on earth in luxury and pleasure; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.
6. You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous one; he offers you no resistance.
7. Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.