For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.