⁷ Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.^(A)

¹⁹ You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.^(A)

¹⁴ The Lord brings this charge
against the elders and leaders of His people:^(A)
“You have devastated the vineyard.
The plunder from the poor is in your houses.^(B)

¹² Therefore the Holy One of Israel says:
“Because you have rejected this message
and have trusted in oppression and deceit,
and have depended on them,

⁵ Why have these people turned away?
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;^(A)
they refuse to return.^(B)

⁹ On that day^(A) I will punish
all who skip over the threshold,^[a](B)
who fill their master’s house
with violence and deceit.