10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

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10 Do not trust in oppression,
Nor vainly hope in robbery;
(A)If riches increase,
Do not set your heart on them.

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28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

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28 (A)He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But (B)the righteous will flourish like foliage.

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For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

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For because you have trusted in your works and your (A)treasures,
You also shall be taken.
And (B)Chemosh shall go forth into captivity,
His (C)priests and his princes together.

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Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

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Why (A)do you boast in the valleys,
[a]Your flowing valley, O (B)backsliding daughter?
Who trusted in her (C)treasures, (D)saying,
‘Who will come against me?’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:4 Lit. Your valley is flowing

With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

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With your wisdom and your understanding
You have gained (A)riches for yourself,
And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
(B)By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”

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