⁴ Behold, ^(A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and ^(B)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of ^(C)the Lord of hosts. ^5 (D)You have lived on the earth in luxury and ^(E)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in ^(F)a day of slaughter.

¹³ “But woe ^(A)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you ^(B)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you ^(C)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.^[a]

^25 (A)The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is ^(B)like a roaring lion ^(C)tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. ^26 (D)Her priests ^(E)have done violence to my law and ^(F)have profaned my holy things. ^(G)They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and ^(H)they have disregarded my Sabbaths, ^(I)so that I am profaned among them. ^27 (J)Her princes in her midst are like wolves ^(K)tearing the prey, ^(L)shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. ²⁸ And ^(M)her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, ^(N)seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken. ²⁹ The people of the land ^(O)have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and ^(P)have extorted from the sojourner without justice.