9 Listen! The Lord is calling to the city –and to fear your name is wisdom –‘Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.
10 Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,and the short ephah, which is accursed?
11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,with a bag of false weights?
12 Your rich people are violent;your inhabitants are liarsand their tongues speak deceitfully.
13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy you,to ruin you because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied;your stomach will still be empty.You will store up but save nothing,because what you save I will give to the sword.
15 You will plant but not harvest;you will press olives but not use the oil,you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.