1. You rich people, listen! Cry and be very sad because of the trouble that will come to you.
2. Your riches will rot, and your clothes will be eaten by moths.
3. Your gold and silver will rust, and rust will be a proof that you were wrong. It will eat your bodies like fire. You saved your treasure for the last days.
4. Men worked in your fields, but you did not pay them. They harvested your crops and are crying out against you. Now the Lord of heaven’s armies has heard their cries.
5. Your life on earth was full of rich living. You pleased yourselves with everything you wanted. You made yourselves fat, like an animal ready to be killed.
6. You showed no mercy to the innocent man. You murdered him. He cannot stand against you.