4. Hinei, his nashamah which is puffed up is not upright in him; but the tzaddik shall live by his emunah. [Bereshis 15:6]
5. Yea also, yayin is a boged (betrayer, treacherous); he is a proud man, never at rest, who enlargeth his appetite as Sheol; like Mavet, it cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto it kol HaGoyim, and collecteth unto it kol HaAmim;
6. Shall not all these take up a mashal against such, with mocking poem riddles against him, and say, Hoy (Woe) to him that increaseth that which is not his! For how long? And to him that loadeth himself by the weight of pledges (i.e., heaps up by borrowing)!
7. Shall not thy biters (charging neshekh) arise suddenly and awake that shall oppress thee, and thou shalt be for plunder unto them?
8. Because thou hast plundered many Goyim, all the remnant of the Amim shall plunder thee; because of [shefach] dahm, and for the chamas eretz, the city, and of all that dwell therein.
9. Hoy (Woe) to him that coveteth an evil gain for his bais, that he may set his ken (nest) on high, that he may be delivered from the power of ruin!
10. Thy counsel hast brought shame to thy bais by cutting off amim rabbim and hast sinned against thy nashamah.
11. For the even (stone) shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
12. Hoy (Woe) to him that buildeth a town with [shefach] dahm, and foundeth a city by iniquity!
13. Hinei, is it not from Hashem Tzva'os that the people shall labor only to feed the eish, and the people shall weary themselves in vain?
14. For the earth shall be filled with the da'as of the kavod Hashem, as the waters cover the yam.
15. Hoy (Woe) unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, pressing thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
16. Thou art filled with shame instead of kavod; drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered; the kos of Hashem's right hand shall be turned against thee, and utter shame shall be on thy kavod.