⁷ They have trampled the heads of the poor
    into the dust of the earth
    and thrust the lowly out of their way.
Father and son lie with the same prostitute,
    profaning my holy name.
⁸ They lie down beside every altar
    upon garments acquired as surety,^[a]
while drinking in the house of their God
    the wine purchased with the fines they impose.
⁹ Yet I was the one
    who destroyed the Amorites^[b] before them;
they were as tall as the cedars
    and as strong as the oaks.
I was the one
    who destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots below.