7. The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil.They plot crooked schemes.They lie to convict the poor,even when the cause of the poor is just.
8. But generous people plan to do what is generous,and they stand firm in their generosity.
9. Listen, you women who lie around in ease.Listen to me, you who are so smug.
10. In a short time—just a little more than a year—you careless ones will suddenly begin to care.For your fruit crops will fail,and the harvest will never take place.
11. Tremble, you women of ease;throw off your complacency.Strip off your pretty clothes,and put on burlap to show your grief.
12. Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farmsand your fruitful grapevines.
13. For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers.Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.
14. The palace and the city will be deserted,and busy towns will be empty.Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will grazein the empty forts and watchtowers