<p class="poetry">Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They do one act of violence after another,p> <p class="poetry">and one deceitful thing after another.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They refuse to pay attention to me,&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

After<n id="1" /> entering into an alliance with him, he will behave treacherously; he will ascend to power with only a small force.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">They intended to bury him with criminals,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but he ended up in a rich man&#8217;s tomb,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because<n id="3" /> he had committed no violent deeds,p> <p class="poetry">nor had he spoken deceitfully.p>

<p class="poetry">Their tongues are like deadly arrows.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They are always telling lies.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths.p> <p class="poetry">But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.<n id="3" />p>

By his treachery<n id="1" /> he will succeed through deceit.<n id="2" /> He will have an arrogant attitude,<n id="3" /> and he will destroy many who are unaware of his schemes.<n id="4" /> He will rise up against the Prince of princes, yet he will be broken apart &#8211; but not by human agency.<n id="5" />

<p class="poetry">You say,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;When will the new moon festival<n id="1" /> be over,<n id="2" /> so we can sell grain?p> <p class="poetry">When will the Sabbath end,<n id="3" /> so we can open up the grain bins?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">We&#8217;re eager<n id="5" /> to sell less for a higher price,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!<n id="7" />p>