Wail, you who live in the market district, for all the merchants will disappear and those who count money will be removed.

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.

After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, and up to the room above the corner.

So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying, 'The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us!'"

Wail and cry out in anguish, you rulers! Roll in the dust, you who shepherd flocks of people! The time for you to be slaughtered has come. You will lie scattered and fallen like broken pieces of fine pottery.

Cry out and moan, son of man, for it is wielded against my people; against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people. Therefore, strike your thigh.

Look! Even if they flee from the destruction, Egypt will take hold of them, and Memphis will bury them. The weeds will inherit the silver they treasure -- thorn bushes will occupy their homes.

The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.

Get dressed and lament, you priests! Wail, you who minister at the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God, because no one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of your God anymore.

Howl, fir tree, because the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees have been destroyed. Howl, oaks of Bashan, because the impenetrable forest has fallen.

To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"

Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer --

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Summary

Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

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After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, and up to the room above the corner.
The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"
Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer --

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