11. You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.
12. For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
13. Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil.
14. Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.