12. The rich among you have become wealthythrough extortion and violence.Your citizens are so used to lyingthat their tongues can no longer tell the truth.
13. “Therefore, I will wound you!I will bring you to ruin for all your sins.
14. You will eat but never have enough.Your hunger pangs and emptiness will remain.And though you try to save your money,it will come to nothing in the end.You will save a little,but I will give it to those who conquer you.
15. You will plant cropsbut not harvest them.You will press your olivesbut not get enough oil to anoint yourselves.You will trample the grapesbut get no juice to make your wine.
16. You keep only the laws of evil King Omri;you follow only the example of wicked King Ahab!Therefore, I will make an example of you,bringing you to complete ruin.You will be treated with contempt,mocked by all who see you.”