7. Suddenly, your debtors will take action.They will turn on you and take all you have,while you stand trembling and helpless.
8. Because you have plundered many nations,now all the survivors will plunder you.You committed murder throughout the countrysideand filled the towns with violence.
9. “What sorrow awaits you who build big houseswith money gained dishonestly!You believe your wealth will buy security,putting your family’s nest beyond the reach of danger.
10. But by the murders you committed,you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives.
11. The very stones in the walls cry out against you,and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint.
12. “What sorrow awaits you who build citieswith money gained through murder and corruption!