<p class="poetry">You plant them like trees and they put down their roots.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They grow prosperous and are very fruitful.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They always talk about you,p> <p class="poetry">but they really care nothing about you.<n id="3" />p>

I gave you a land in<n id="1" /> which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of<n id="2" /> vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and exact a grain tax from them,p> <p class="poetry">you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone,p> <p class="poetry">nor will you drink the wine from the fine<n id="2" /> vineyards you planted.<n id="3" />p>