10. I have cursed all the wicked people who use their money for eviland use inaccurate weights and measures.
11. I cannot tolerate dishonest scalesand bags filled with inaccurate weights.
12. The rich people in the city are violent.Those who live in the city speak lies,and their tongues speak deceitfully.
13. I have begun to strike you with heavy blowsand to ruin you because of your sins.
14. You will eat, but you won’t be full.So you will always be hungry.You will put things away, but you won’t save them.Anything you save I will destroy.
15. You will plant, but you won’t harvest.You will crush olives, but you won’t rub the oil on your skin.You will make new wine, but you won’t drink it.
16. You have kept Omri’s lawsand all the practices of the descendants of Ahab,and you have followed their advice.That is why I will ruin you.Your people will be ridiculed.You will bear the disgrace of my people.”